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Basal Cell Cancer
Investigators at University of Copenhagen publish new data on basal cell cancer
June 2nd, 2009
According to a study from Roskilde, Denmark, "Accurate assessment of tumour size is important when planning treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC). Imaging with optical coherence tomography (OCT) has the potential to diagnose and measure depth of NMSC." "To compare accuracy of mean tumour thickness measurement in NMSC tumours < 2 mm of depth using OCT and 20-MHz high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS). In addition, OCT morphology of NMSC was studied in OCT images and the influence of histological and colorimetric values on the quality and penetration depth in OCT images was estimated. In total, 93 patients were scanned and 34 lesions [23 basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-02)
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