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Current skin cancer diagnosis can last a number of weeks and be very upsetting. Multiple stages can involve visiting a GP, being sent to a dermatologist for a skin biopsy, waiting for laboratory analysis, having a sentinel lymph node biopsy under general anesthetic, and then having more tests if the cancer has spread. However, a new imaging system developed by the ADVANCE Consortium could dramatically speed up the process and reduce the need for debilitating sentinel-lymph node biopsies by placing real-time diagnosis in the hands of a dermatologist. Image credit: ADVANCE Consortium.

New Laser Scanner to Detect Skin Cancer in Less Than 30 Seconds

Oct 30, 2017 by News Staff

Researchers from the European project ‘Automatic Detection of VAscular Networks for Cancer Evaluation’ (ADVANCE) have developed the world’s first...

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