DAMAE MEDICAL USES SUPERK SUPERCONTINUUM LASER FOR FAST IN-VIVO DETECTION OF SKIN CANCER
The new LC-OCT medical imaging device, introduced by DAMAE Medical, uses NKT Photonics SuperK supercontinuum white light laser to detect skin cancer at an early stage, faster, more cost-effective, and without the need for biopsies. It eliminates unnecessary surgery. And it saves lives.
Skin cancer is the most frequent cancer type and it is becoming increasingly common. Currently, a doctor or dermatologist makes a diagnosis, starting with a visual examination of the skin surface. If they observe anything suspicious, they take out a biopsy. The biopsy is examined under a microscope to determine if cancer cells are present.
The current method is not ideal. It is painful, costly, time-consuming, and unreliable to some extent: around 60% of the biopsies do not show signs of cancer while around 20% of skin cancers are missed at an early stage.
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