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New fluorescence imaging technique for in situ detection of human melanoma has been tested in a large sample study of 156 skin lesions (57 melanomas, 82 pigmented nevi and 17 cases of verruca seborrhoica). The study showed that the sensitivity of the method was 82% while its specificity was 65%. The results show that the method could be useful for a preliminary selection of potential melanoma cases in screening programmes involving large groups of patients.
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Chwirot, B.W. et al. (1998). Fluorescence Imaging Technique for Detection of Human Melanoma. In: Chang, JJ., Fisch, J., Popp, FA. (eds) Biophotons. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0928-6_14
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