Science and modern medicine have made gigantic leaps in the prevention, diagnosis, and even treatment of skin cancer. Despite this, many people get the disease and leave it untreated for lengthy periods, resulting in degeneration of health and permanent disfigurement, sometimes even death.

Early accurate detection allows better treatment options and outcomes for skin cancer patients. For this reason, experts recommend a personal body check at least once a month. Upon discovery of anything irregular, the experts suggest consultation with dermatologists who usually check on the skin using skin surface microscopy or dermoscopy. Nevertheless, multiple studies say that those may not be entirely accurate, resulting in false-positive and unnecessary biopsy. Furthermore, the worst case is that a false-negative would cause detrimental results to the cancer patients’ life. The consequence of these leads to many disadvantages to cancer patients. For example, in the case of a false-positive, the cancer patients will spend unnecessary money for biopsy and will have unwanted scar left on the biopsy site. In the case of a false-negative, which is even worse, the patients will not have appropriate treatment; therefore, it decreases the survival rate of the cancer patients drastically. However, the use of Spectra-Scope® instead of the skin surface microscopy or dermoscopy, provides unrivaled accuracy and instant result, and reduces scar formations from unnecessary biopsy required in most cancer diagnoses.