Analysis of Skin Lesions for Melanoma Presence by Volatile Spectroscopy Techniques

Completed

Brief Summary: The purpose of this research study is to determine if a very sensitive chemistry lab analyzer can be used to smell a skin cancer (like melanoma) similar to some dogs.

Detailed Description: Types of skin cancer, like melanoma, are likely to spread and are becoming increasingly common. At this time, healthcare providers look at patient's skin and remove a sample of suspicious areas of the skin (biopsy) to test for cancer.

This research study will inspect cotton and cloth swabs of normal skin and suspicious areas of the skin that are going to be biopsied just before the biopsy. The swabs will be looked at with a very sensitive chemistry lab analyzer to see if the lab analyzer can confirm conventional lab test findings.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

18 years of age or older
Seen at the dermatology clinic & determined to need a skin biopsy of a suspicious lesion

Exclusion Criteria

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dermatology patients	Dermatology patients	Patients seen in the dermatology clinic with suspicious skin lesion to be biopsied will have 4 skin swabs, 2 of the skin lesion and 2 of an area of unafflicted skin.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Compare the off line spectral analyses of saline and alcohol skin swabs of normal control, melanoma negative and melanoma positive skin biopsies.	1 day	Determine if the melanomas have unique identifying spectra that might be applied to noninvasive melanoma skin cancer screening in lieu of taking a biopsy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method

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