The fight against skin cancer has seen the emergence of a new prevention weapon. Researchers have designed a new tool capable of detecting and analyzing each type of melanoma, according to the results of a study published in the medical journal Analyst. This new technique could lead to more reliable and faster diagnoses for this deadly disease.
Researchers at the University of Missouri in the United States have designed a new tool to detect and analyze single melanomas that are most representative of skin cancer developed by most patients. A new therapeutic route for early and effective diagnosis?
Identify non-uniform cancer cells
Scientists decided to complement an emerging technology called photoacoustic spectroscopy, a specialized optical technique that is used to probe tissues and cells non-invasively. Current systems use the formation of sound waves followed by absorption of light, which means that tissues must absorb laser light properly and sufficiently.
They then modified a microscope to observe the details of individual melanoma cells. Using this new technique, melanoma and cancer cancers breast as well as the cells of melanoma of mice have been diagnosed with greater ease and efficiency.
“Overall, our studies show that by using modified techniques, we will be able to observe non-uniform cancer cells, regardless of their origin,” said Polo-Parada. “This method could help doctors detect cancers when they spread, becoming one of the tools in the fight against this deadly disease.”
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