Are modern molecular classification methods for breast carcinomas reasonable? Austrian scientists challenge the clinical relevance of the term “basal-like” breast cancer subtype.

A biopsy is a painful and scarring but often unavoidable procedure. Now, scientists have reported promising results of autofluorescence and reflectance measurements of tissue as a noninvasive approach for basal cell carcinoma diagnosis.

Transepidermal water loss measurement is the standard method to characterize epidermal barrier function. However, it can be affected by a broad range of exogenous and endogenous factors – in vivo laser scanning microscopy may be a superior method.