Cancer Probe

Portable Low-cost Handheld Device to Detect Skin Cancer

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Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer and a standard procedure to detect it is through Biopsy.

But, a team of researchers at the University of British Columbia, have now developed a prototype of a device which intends to detect skin cancer, without need of a biopsy.

This device is an extremely low-cost handheld probe which can help doctors detect skin cancer just by shining a light on the affected area. The device analyses how certain properties of light are changed to determine whether the results are positive or negative.

Still in the development stage, a prototype is being tested and might soon be available commercially for use by dermatologists or even households.

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https://apsc.ubc.ca/spotlight/research/shining-a-light-on-suspicious-looking-moles