Rebecca I Hartman, Nicole Trepanowski, Michael S Chang, Kelly Tepedino, Christopher Gianacas, Jennifer M McNiff, Maxwell Fung, Naiara Fraga Braghiroli, Jane M Grant-Kels
BACKGROUND: The elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS) device (DermaSensor Inc., Miami, FL) is a noninvasive, painless, adjunctive tool for skin cancer detection. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the performance of the ESS device in the detection of melanoma. METHODS: A prospective, investigator-blinded, multicenter study was conducted at 8 United States (US) and 2 Australian sites. All eligible skin lesions were clinically concerning for melanoma, examined with the ESS device, subsequently biopsied according to dermatologists' standard of care, and evaluated with histopathology...
June 2024: JAAD international