I heard about this app that helps detect skin cancers. Why can't I just use that?'There are several smartphone skin cancer or mole-checking apps now available to monitor and photograph moles.Some of these apps will also provide some form of automated diagnosis.At present, research has shown that these apps have poor and variable performance in the role of skin cancer diagnosis, so should not be relied on to detect skin cancers. 20Current guidelines do not recommend the use of smartphone apps for patients to self-diagnose skin cancer.
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