Astron Clinica Unveils MoleMate(TM), a Revolutionary Skin Cancer Screening System on Vans Warped Tour

Astron Clinica Unveils MoleMate(TM), a Revolutionary Skin Cancer Screening System on Vans Warped Tour

NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Astron Clinica has partnered with FM World Charities to provide free skin cancer screenings to all attendees on the Vans Warped Tour.

Astron Clinica, a UK-based company with offices in New York and Brisbane, Australia, has recently launched their MoleMate(TM) skin cancer screening system in the US market. MoleMate(TM) is a non-invasive and pain-free melanoma screening device, that will assist Internists, Family Practitioners and skin specialists to scan and evaluate suspicious lesions within seconds and make instant clinical decisions 'on the spot'. Developed by Cambridge, UK-based Astron Clinica, MoleMate(TM), which is clinically proven, includes an easy-to-use decision support system, to provide clear guidelines on how to assess a suspect mole against a database of sample lesions. MoleMate(TM) will make it possible for doctors to identify the best course of action for an unusual mole -- to refer, excise or tell the patient the lesion appears benign -- during the first consultation with a patient. MoleMate(TM) features a magnified dermoscopic view for those medical professionals familiar with dermoscopy and also images of blood, pigment, dermal pigment and collagen up to 2mm beneath the surface of the skin.

The partnership with FM World Charities on the Vans Warped Tour seeks to provide free screenings to the concert attendees and to raise awareness with the youth of America on skin cancer prevention. This is the first time a skin cancer screening initiative has been launched on the Vans Warped Tour.

"MoleMate(TM) has taken the awkwardness out of skin cancer screenings and reduced the need for unneeded biopsies," said Paige Wood, melanoma survivor and artist on the Vans Warped Tour who was instrumental in establishing the revolutionary partnership.

For more information on MoleMate and our initiative on the Vans Warped Tour please contact David Brenner at 516-622-2363 or by email at david.brenner@astronclinica.com. For information about Astron Clinica please visit our website at http://www.astronclinica.com/.

Astron Clinica -- Astron Clinica provides industry leading technology to the medical and aesthetics markets worldwide. Our products include: MoleMate(TM), a skin cancer screening system, Beau Visage(TM), a skin analysis system used by aestheticians and dermatologists for cosmetic procedures, and PhysioMetrics(TM), a system for evaluating body contour changes.

NOTES TO EDITORS: Astron Clinica is a global skin imaging company, based
in Cambridge UK and with offices in New York and Brisbane. Astron Clinica
designs, develops and brings to market skin imaging products that incorporate
its proprietary skin imaging technology SIAscopy. SIAscopy uniquely enables
medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and aesthetic industry professionals to
visualise up to 2mm beneath the surface of the skin using both a proprietary
hand held scanner and an off-the-shelf digital camera. Awarded Frost &
Sullivan's 2006 European Technology Innovation of the Year Award, Astron
Clinica's products use SIAscopy to allow the measurement and non-invasive
visualisation of the major dermatological constituents of skin -- blood,
melanin and collagen -- in vivo for the first time.
SIAscopy is a technology that is trusted globally to help diagnose skin
conditions as severe as skin cancer. Astron Clinica's customers include
dermatologists, plastic surgeons, GPs, beauty clinics and aesthetic medicine
practitioners.

Source: Astron Clinica, LLC

CONTACT: David Brenner of Astron Clinica, LLC, +1-516-622-2363,
david.brenner@astronclinica.com

Web site: http://www.astronclinica.com/

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