Skin cancer biopsy without a knife

On Nov. 2 2006, "Today" host Matt Lauer spoke with Dr. Allan Halpern, chief of dermatology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), about a new medical tool, which is still in the research phase. This is the Reflectance Confocal Microscope which I had worked with for two years as a fellow at MSKCC. This is a novel tool that allows evaluation of superficial skin lesions such as skin cancers without physically cutting into skin such as in a biopsy.

The video is very interesting and explains the technology in layman's terms. I've included some screenshots of the video (see above). Please click on this link to view Matt Lauer's interview with Dr. Halpern or simply click on the embedded video link below.