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 Safe or dangerous, moles impedance gives the answer. A Swedish electrode with micro-spikes can save the lives of patients with skin cancer. Malignant melanoma is the most feared type of skin cancer. But to distinguish life-threatening tumors from harmless spots is difficult. Development Company in Stockholm Scibase solves the problem by measuring the skin impedance. Now a clinical study that method can be distinguish normal moles from the disease with great accuracy. - Our instruments have found more than 98 percent of all malignant melanomas. It is significantly better than the current visual methods, "says Anders Lundqvist, CEO of Scibase. The study included 1200 patients from five countries, of which 200 had malignant melanoma. Today the doctor looking at color, size and structure to determine whether moles should be cut and examined under a microscope, Isolated malignant melanoma slips through - fatal to the patient, who will die because the cancer is detected too late. But the vast majority of spots removed unnecessary: there was no cancer. With Scibase method, press the physician rather than a probe against the patient's skin. Only at one point of reference, then the suspected spot, The survey is completely painless for the patient, but the probe tip is an electrode coated with gold micro-spikes. They penetrate the skin's outermost layer and measure the impedance by sending out a weak alternating current. Since measurements are analyzed by algorithms that are trained to recognize malignant changes. After a few seconds the answer. - For health care, it means reduced costs and patient avoid an unnecessary surgical procedure that can scar. You do not even concern, and then the response for further analysis can take a few weeks, "says Anders Lundqvist. Now start a second trial in 1600 patients in Europe and the USA. Next autumn, the company hopes to launch the product. |
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