Study: Many Skin Cancer-Detecting Apps Are Not Accurate

Dermatologists can rest assured that they will not be computers by smartphones anytime soon. A new study finds that smartphone applications designed to automatically detect cancer lesions misdiagnosis more than half of all malignant growths. "There's no substitute, at this point, for a complete skin exam performed by an expert dermatologist for picking up melanoma as well as other skin cancers," said University of Missouri dermatologist, Dr. Karen Edison (who was not involved in the study).

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