New imaging technique speeds removal of non-melanoma skin cancers
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 08:01
in Health & Medicine
Skin cancer surgery involves successive removal of tissue, which is processed using a 45-minute procedure to determine if residual cancer remains and is often repeated several times. Now, researchers have developed a microscopic technique that identifies residual cancer tissue in 90 seconds, promising to dramatically reduce the length, inefficiency, and cost of this common surgery.