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ML/AI Image Classifier for Skin Cancer Detection

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  Skin cancer is one of the most active types of cancer in the present decade.  As the skin is the body’s largest organ, the point of considering skin cancer as the most common type of cancer among humans is understandable . It is generally classified into two major categories: nonmelanoma (benign) and melanoma (malignant) skin cancer Melanoma type of cancers can only be cured if diagnosed early; otherwise, they spread to other body parts and lead to the victim’s painful death.  Therefore, the critical factor in skin cancer treatment is early diagnosis.  Yet, diagnoses is still a visual process , which relies on the long-winded procedure of clinical screenings, followed by dermoscopic analysis, and then a biopsy and finally a histopathological examination. This process  easily  takes months and the need for many medical professionals  and still  is only ~77% accurate. Current methods using AI and Deep Learning to diagnose lesions show  potential to spare time and mitigate errors- savi