Essays on Types of Cancer

Classification of Skin Diseases Using Image Processing and SVM: Analysis of Melanoma

Melanoma

Abstract— Skin diseases such as Melanoma and Carcinoma are often quite hard to detect at an early stage and it is even harder to classify them separately. Recently, it is well known that the most dangerous form of skin cancer among the other types of...

4 Pages 1751 Words

Automated Melanoma Recognition in Dermoscopy Images Via Very Deep Residual Networks: Analytical Essay

Melanoma

Abstract: Automated melanoma recognition in using image processing technique from the available dermoscopic images in deep learning is difficult task because of the contrast and variation of melanoma in skin. It is mainly a non-invasive method so that it cannot contact with skin more forcefully....

4 Pages 1709 Words

Analytical Overview of Pancreatic Cancer: Pathophysiology, and Health Deviations

Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer is a silent killer and “is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States” (Reynolds and Folloder, 2014, p. 356). “Pancreatic cancer will often develop without clear early signs or symptoms, and the eventual manifestations will depend on the...

5 Pages 2444 Words

Study of Association between RDW and Tumour Stage in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

Abstract Introduction Predicting the clinical outcome in pancreatic cancer is often challenging due to the lack of reliable and cost-effective prognostic parameters. Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW), an index of the variability in the size of the circulating RBCs has been reported to have prognostic...

5 Pages 2394 Words

Analytical Essay on Cancer Epidemiology and Biology: Study of Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

Introduction Cancer epidemiology Cancer biology Carcinogenesis Molecular basis of cancer Cancer metastasis Pancreatic cancer Epidemiology In the current age of the cancer research, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is one of the most hostile and deadly cancer worldwide (Zhuo-Xin Cheng et al., 2011). Pancreatic cancer is...

5 Pages 2237 Words

Identification of a Potential Biomarker for Pancreatic Cancer: Analytical Overview

Pancreatic Cancer

Abstract Pancreatic cancer (PC) is characterized by high mortality and poor prognosis, due to difficulties in early diagnosis and limited therapeutics. Although there is an intervention window before preneoplastic lesions advance to invasive PC, effective prognosis remains a hurdle using current biomarkers and imaging techniques....

5 Pages 2440 Words

Overview of Therapies for Melanoma: Analytical Essay

Melanoma

Abstract Cancer treatments have been advancing over the previous decade because of the urgent need to identify new therapeutics. Melanoma accounts for only 4% of all dermatologic cancers, but it accounts for almost 80% of the deaths recorded from skin cancer because of its ability...

5 Pages 2479 Words

Graphical User Interface-based Computer-aided Diagnosis Tool of Skin Lesion: Analysis of Melanoma

Melanoma

Abstract Skin cancer is caused due to irregular growth of cells. There are three major types of skin cancer- Melanoma, Basal, and Squamous cell Carcinoma. Among the three the most dangerous form is Melanoma. If it is left untreated, it leads to the spreading of...

3 Pages 1431 Words

Diseases of the Skeletal, Integumentary and Nervous Systems: Analytical Overview of Osteoporosis, Melanoma, and Multiple Sclerosis

Melanoma Multiple Sclerosis Osteoporosis

Diseases of the Skeletal, Integumentary, and Nervous Systems The human body is made up of nine systems at the organ system level. These nine systems are made up of organs that have certain structures that promote functioning together, and similar functions and the systems working...

6 Pages 2686 Words

Skin Lesion Classification towards Melanoma Diagnosis Using Convolutional Neural Network and Image Enhancement Methods

Melanoma

Abstract — Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin lesion which is a severe disease globally. Early detection of melanoma using medical images significantly increases the survival rate. However, the accurate recognition of melanoma is extremely challenging task. Since the joint use of image enhancement...

5 Pages 2429 Words