Doctors in the United States have made a very interesting discovery. in Portland, the largest city in the state of Oregon the world’s smallest skin cancer found it. The cancerous area was discovered on a woman’s cheek.

After a thorough examination, the team of dermatologists at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) realized that the small spot on the cheek was actually melanoma. Discovery hailed as ‘smallest skin cancer discovered’ Guinness World Records managed to get in.

The size of the spot where the skin cancer is located is only 0.65 millimeters

The size of the cancer part is only 0.65 millimeters. For this reason, it is said to be very difficult to see with the naked eye. It was, as you can imagine, extremely difficult for researchers to confirm that something so small was a micro-skin cancer.

Doctors at OHSU have “used to examine lesions, which are areas that look abnormal.”dermoscopyHe used a technique called . This allows the diagnosis and examination of lesions without cutting the patient’s skin. Reflection confocal microscopy Added a method.

By using two state-of-the-art techniques, cancer could be detected at a very early stage. Researcher Alexander Witowski said cancer before it has a chance to spread to other parts of the world reported that it had been discovered.

Christy Staats

The woman named Christy Staats, who was diagnosed with cancer, had this spot under her eye for several years. During this time he saw several doctors; but many sent it back as an innocent blot on the skin. Staats also consulted dermatologists at OHSU when she saw the spot growing in times of COVID. As a result of the examinations, it was revealed that he had a very small skin cancer. The researchers published their findings on Dermatology Practical & Conceptual.