"With skin cancer, there's a saying that if you can spot it you can stop it — and that's exactly what this probe is designed to do," says Daniel Louie, a Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada.

Louie has helped design a low-cost device that can quickly detect cancerous skin cells.

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Typically split into two categories — melanomaand nonmelanoma — the condition can result in a series of complications if a person does not seek treatment.

While nonmelanoma cases may lead to disfigurement, melanoma can be deadly. Also, melanoma's rates have been going up for the past 30 years, according to the American Cancer Society.

It is now one of the most common cancers in young adults, particularly young women.

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