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New Oral Cancer Detector

Big_G · 2006-04-13 16:10:37

Check this out: http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2006/04/the_velscope.html I haven't had a chance to read the published article in the journal (nor will I probably), but if what they are claiming is true, it's great. I know it probably won't change things much (diagnosis first, excisional biopsy to confirm) but it's a…

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Check this out: http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2006/04/the_velscope.html

I haven't had a chance to read the published article in the journal (nor will I probably), but if what they are claiming is true, it's great. I know it probably won't change things much (diagnosis first, excisional biopsy to confirm) but it's a nifty little gadget all the same.

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#2 16-04-2006 8:14am

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Interesting....however like many oral cancer screening tools ( dies, brush biopsy, saliva tests divining rods) the senstivity and specificity are never as good as traditional methods. Also a test like this will only identify suface changes and may give false positives with some non cancer lesions like white patches.

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