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Table D-2. Evidence map of published abstracts for noninvasive diagnostic devices by skin cancer type
                                                                                                        Basal cell          Squamous cell                    a
                                           Noninvasive technologies              Melanoma                                                              Other
                                                                                                        carcinoma             carcinoma
                                        Modalities in clinical use
                                        Photography                                   28                     1                     -                     22
                                        Dermoscopy                                   236                    22                     5                     58
                                        Modalities in limited clinical use
                                        Confocal microscopy                           29                    13                     2                     28
                                        Ultrasound                                    9                      3                     -                     19
                                        Photodynamic diagnosis                        2                     16                     -                     4
                                        Investigational
                                        Multiphoton laser scanning                     -                     -                     -                     5
                                        microscopy
                                        Multispectral imaging and fully
                                        automated computer-based                      1                      -                     -                      -
                                        analysis
                                        Electrical bio-impedance                       -                     3                     -                     2
                                        Optical coherence tomography                  1                      1                     -                     3
                                        Tape stripping                                1                      -                     -                      -
                                        Thermography                                  1                      -                     -                      -
                                        Total                                        308                    59                     7                    141
                                        a  Includes “malignancies of the skin, not otherwise specified” and “skin cancer combinations.”






































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