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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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016
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