Invasive melanoma in-vivo can be distinguished from basal cell carcinoma, benign naevi and healthy skin by canine olfaction: a proof of principle study of differential volatile organic compound emission.

<h4>Background</h4> <p>Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are continuously released by the body during normal metabolic processes, but their profiles change in the presence of cancer. Robust evidence that invasive melanomain vivo emits a characteristic VOC signature is lacking.<...

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Main Authors: Willis, C, Britton, L, Swindells, M, Jones, E, Kemp, A, Muirhead, N, Gul, A, Matin, R, Knutsson, L, Ali, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016