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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Skin Cancer Diagnosis Minus The Biopsy

Filed under: Dermatology

Research scientists at the Vanderbilt Medical Center are developing a sensor that can identify the presence of carcinoma based on how light is attenuated when it traverses within a patient's skin.

Here's a video report from Vanderbilt:

Press release: Diagnosing Skin Cancer Without Biopsy

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