Skin Cancer

'Micro Needle' Treatment Could Offer Alternative To Surgery For Skin Cancer Patients

By Mark Nootbaar • Oct 25, 2016
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According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer over the course of their life. 

But thanks to a new device from a Pittsburgh-based company called Skinject, some people with skin cancer may be able to skip invasive surgeries.

“Skinject is a totally new approach to handling this problem which is growing throughout the world as more and more people expose their skin to the sun,” said the company’s CEO James Nolan.  

Pitt Researchers Create Program To Diagnose Skin Lesions

By • Oct 6, 2015
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Skin lesions are a heath concern that many will face in their lifetimes, with 76,000 Americans being diagnosed every year with skin cancer. New research, blending technology and medicine, hopes to make the detection process easier and more accurate.

In collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, scientists at Pitt and UPMC have created a computer program that can scan photos of skin lesions and assess whether or not they will require further treatment.

Duquesne Professor Gets $1.4M Grant To Develop Cancer Detection Tech

By • Apr 22, 2014

If a cancer cell forms in the body, does it make a sound?

John Viator, director of the Duquesne University biomedical engineering program, would say yes—if it’s hit by a laser.

Viator and his team received a five-year, $1.4 million federal grant to use lasers in detecting, capturing and analyzing circulating melanoma cells, which is the most dangerous form of skin cancer.