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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 12:03 a.m.

Smartphone skin cancer apps can make fatal mistakes

Smartphone apps are being used to diagnose skin cancer but, as John Basedow reports, they're no doctor. A new study found 30-percent or more potentially lethal melanomas were not detected by the smartphone apps. False readings can result in life-threatening delays in getting proper treatment.
 
 
 

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