A stretchy, heat-activated skin patch could be a surgery-free melanoma treatment (IMAGE)

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A stretchy, heat-activated skin patch could be a surgery-free melanoma treatment

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This bandage-like patch could someday be part of an effective and noninvasive treatment for melanoma

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Adapted from ACS Nano 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c21102

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