Skin Cancer Awareness Month 2024
May 1, 2024
Skin Analytics challenge the team to 31 days of wearing 30+ SPF for Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
Skin Analytics challenge the team to 31 days of wearing 30+ SPF for Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
The prospective, diagnostic trial saw DERM, our AI platform, correctly identify all malignant lesions (100% sensitivity) with an average AUROC of 95.8% with 65% specificity versus 70% specificity and a 77% AUROC score demonstrated by the clinical experts. DERM, a CE marked medical device, was developed as a tool to aid clinicians in identifying 11 common skin lesion types, including melanoma.
QIMR Berghofer has released an online test that helps to identify whether you are at a high risk of developing melanoma within the next 3 and a half years.
What do moles look like? Moles can range in colour. They are generally medium to dark brown but can also be skin-coloured or black. The
Telling whether an odd looking mole is a melanoma is a real challenge. In fact, the only sure way to know is with a biopsy.
At Skin Analytics we put all our energy into catching melanoma early. But why? Because if a melanoma grow just a fraction of a millimetre too deep, its much harder to stop.
A recent US study showed an increased risk of melanoma for those who drank more than one glass of orange juice a day. But before you change your daily routine, there are a couple of important points to make about the study.