TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- mBeach Software Inc. ("MBHS") (OTCBB:MBHS) today issued a stockholder update on the growing market for skin cancer diagnostic solutions. These market developments represent significant opportunities for the wholly owned subsidiary, Skin Cancer Scanning Ltd. ("SCS") to grow the company and become a leading industry player.
We have identified the Japanese, Hi-Tech orientated market, as a potential pivotal market, with increasing awareness to skin cancer related issues in the past decade.
Total population of Japan exceeds 125 million people, and there is increasing demand for advanced medical technologies.
The number of patients with malignant skin tumors has increased year by year.
The annual increase of deaths from Non Melanoma Skin Cancer (NMSC) is 3.8%. (Hisashi Ohtsukaa, Shogo Nagamatsub).
Early detection is critical to survival, and can lead to almost a one hundred percent cure rate. However, the effectiveness of current cancer detection procedures is heavily dependent on the experience of the examiner, and errors in diagnosis can be fatal. Occasionally, cancers remained undetected, grow further and lead to lower chances of survival. An additional disadvantage with current diagnostic methods is that they rely on a biopsy, the intrusive removal of tissue sample, to confirm the presence of cancerous tissue.
Biopsies can be painful, leave scarring, and often cause unnecessary patient anxiety.
SCS is clearly focused on meeting this growing market need for a safe, non-intrusive technology to detect skin cancer.
mBeach CEO Yossi Biderman commented," The Japanese market and other intended market surveys are being initiated at these early stages due to the lengthy regulatory procedures in each country, before receiving marketing approval. We expect initial approvals to coincide with industrial device following clinical trials, during 2011".
About SCS
Skin Cancer Scanning Ltd. (SCS) is a medical device company pioneering the development and commercialization of a revolutionary and proprietary imaging system for the early detection and diagnosis of skin cancer.
Our product, SkinScan 650, is a non-invasive, point-of-care (in the doctor's office) system to detect and identify different kinds of skin nevi, tumors, lesions and cancers. SkinScan 650 enables physicians to diagnose skin cancer at an earlier, more curable stage. It will help reduce the number of biopsies, lower treatment costs, and improve quality of life.
For more information on SCS, visit www.scs-med.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the future commercialization of SCS' products, the market demand for these products and the proprietary protections the Company will obtain with regard to the technology, all of which statements are subject to market risks, and the possibility that the Company will not be able to obtain patent protection or obtain sufficient customer demand. These statements are made based upon current expectations and actual results may differ from those projected due to a number of risks and uncertainties.