New Strategy Developed To Diagnose Melanoma
Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 22:14
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a technique to distinguish benign moles from malignant melanomas by measuring differences in levels of genetic markers. Standard microscopic examinations of biopsied tissue can be ambiguous and somewhat subjective, the researchers say, and supplementing standard practice with the new technique is expected to help clarify difficult-to-diagnose cases.