Apps that claim to test moles are missing skin cancers, doctors warn
Source: CNN Health, April 2020
(CNN)Popular smartphone apps that assess suspicious moles on people’s bodies may not be reliable in detecting all forms of skin cancer, doctors have warned.
A study found that the leading apps were both missing melanomas and incorrectly telling people their moles were a cause for concern.
The researchers evaluated SkinVision and SkinScan, two popular European apps which have not yet been approved for a launch in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).