Tuesday 11 February 2020

Don't trust apps that claim to spot skin cancer: Two miss the disease up to 21% of times

Don't trust apps that claim to spot skin cancer: Two miss the disease up to 21% of times Smartphone apps cannot be relied on to spot skin cancer, experts have warned.

Popular apps used as 'early warning systems' for suspicious moles do not pick up all cancers, according to a paper published in the British Medical Journal.

Experts from the universities of Birmingham and Nottingham said regulation of the apps - which take pictures of moles and tell people whether they are at risk - do 'not provide adequate protection to the public'. The Daily Mail

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