Handheld Device Could Painlessly Identify Skin Cancers and Cut Unnecessary Biopsies by Half - HospiMedica

Researchers are developing a low-cost handheld device that could painlessly identify skin cancers to cut the rate of unnecessary biopsies in half and give dermatologists and other frontline physicians easy access to laboratory-grade cancer diagnostics.

Skin biopsies enable early cancer treatment but force doctors to carve away small lumps of tissue for laboratory testing, leaving patients with painful wounds that can take weeks to heal. In recent y… [+2926 chars]

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