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smartphone skin cancer checks
Now, smartphone skin cancer checks are a thing! Check out this article in the latest issue of the New Zealand Listener looking at simple low-cost smartphone attachments making smartphone skin cancer checks a reality. Your at-home smartphone skin cancer checks are just...
Digital skin cancer screening solution adopted by insurer
Digital skin cancer screening solution, Firstcheck, is to provide free skin checks to members and staff having partnered with a major Australian insurer. Members and staff will receive Firstcheck’s home test kits for skin cancer providing a way of having...
Home test kits for skin cancer for mole spot checks
A leading Australian life insurance specialist, TAL, and mole check technology provider, Firstcheck, have partnered this summer to provide free home test kits for skin cancer to Australian consumers. Firstcheck’s ‘mole check tech’ includes a clip-on lens for...
Skin cancer apps
Thinking of entrusting A.I. apps to accurately detect skin cancer? Think again… The Spring 2020 of the DermSoc Newsletter (supported by the British Association of Dermatologists) summarises the current evidence as follows: “Evidence suggests that current...
Clinical support for teledermatology medical device
It is well-established that the diagnosis of skin conditions through photographs – teledermatology – is enhanced when “dermoscopic” images (highly-magnified photos) are included for the doctor to review as part of the diagnosis....
Cancerous Moles
Moles – we all have ’em. Luckily we don’t all have cancerous moles! Having moles isn’t the problem, as it is relative rare that an existing mole becomes a cancerous mole. A melanoma is much more likely to appear as a new mole or spot (not come...