skin cancer
“This scanner saves time for patients and provides more efficient care,” says Clara Mustard, professor of dermatologic oncology (skin cancer) at Maastricht University UMC+. RTL News.
Two years ago, Mustard discovered that the so-called OCT scanner is reliable enough to rule out or detect the most common form of skin cancer. The good news: the support obtained makes this method available to every patient in the Netherlands. It is still not known exactly when this will be.
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While patients often wait more than a week for biopsy results, this scanner has an answer within thirty seconds. And that only applies to the most common form, basal cell carcinoma. For example, screening melanoma with a scanner is not very reliable (yet).
In addition to the speed, it is also good that the examination requires only one appointment and one specialist. Maastricht UMC+ will help the first patients next year with the help of the scanner. The aim is to expand this method throughout the Netherlands within the year.
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