Smartphone Apps Might Miss Melanomas | UPMC

3,386 views · Published 16 January 2013 · 1:39 · Indexed 23 September 2026

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According to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers published in JAMA Dermatology, smartphone applications that aim to analyze photographs of skin lesions for the likelihood of cancer gave results that were often inaccurate.

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