‘Mole Mapper’ app Helps to Monitor and Detect Skin Cancer

Mole Mapper is an app that allows you to take pictures of moles and track if they change over time. Rapid change or growth could indicate malignancy. Mole Mapper reminds you to re-check your moles regularly. By sharing mole images over time, researchers can develop new ways of evaluating moles and may (at some point in the future) be able to tell whether you need to see a doctor or have a mole removed based upon a picture. Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University announced the release of the app on Oct. 15, developed in part by researchers in the Department of Dermatology.

Read more:

http://www.cancer.gov/types/skin/moles-fact-sheet

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/type/melanoma/about/pictures-of-abnormal-moles

http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/health/services/dermatology/war-on-melanoma/mole-mapper.cfm

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/97542/20151020/mole-mapper-iphone-app-skin-cancer.htm

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