Non-Invasive Test Offers Quick Skin Cancer Diagnosis:New imaging technique can detect skin cancers without invasive biopsy

摘要

Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering have developed a non-invasive imaging technique that accurately detects skin cancer without surgical biopsy. Multiphoton microscopy of mitochondria—small organellesthat produce energy in cells—accurately identified melanomas and basal cell carcinomas by detecting abnormal clusters of mitochondria in both types of skincancer.