Cancer starts to occur with the disorderly change of healthy cells, which forms a mass known as a tumor. A tumor is of two types, Benign and Malignant. Malignant meaning that the tumor can grow and increase to other parts from the body whereas benign can grow but will not spread. The skin is the largest organ within the body, protecting against injuries and infections. Malignant melanoma is a very dangerous form of skin cancer with the largest number of incidents around the world. Early diagnosis quickly followed by its removal for malignant melanoma is very important for a patient to survive.
I have seen a recent paper that uses Optical Spectroscopy
Article Noninvasive optical spectroscopy for identification of non-m...
I nice literature review can be seen in this paper
Article Update on non-invasive imaging techniques in early diagnosis...
I hope to clarify some of what you have written; most of it is correct, but there are some fundamental misunderstandings.
Most skin cancers do not spread and are not benign. Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Basal Cell Carcinoma, specifically know as Keratinocyte Carcinoma or generally referred to as Non-melanoma skin cancer are malignant, localized, seldom fatal, and are diagnosed more than every other cancer combined. Melanoma is very serious, but melanoma is not close to the largest number of incidents identified.
I'm not sure of the current status of publication, but I am aware of a person who purchased most of the apps available where they report the ability to distinguish benign vs. concerning features on the skin. The results are not generally favorable.
As someone who works with dermatologists while seeing patients, I am impressed with their ability to visually distinguish concerning growths from others. That said, it would seem teaching a computer to provide the same level of interpretation should be straightforward, but I have yet to see one that can outperform new dermatologists.
I hope that you are interested in this type of research and you are the person to develop the methodology to make visual identification accurate and reliable. I believe it is possible.
To develop the methodology to make visual identification accurate and reliable is very important indeed. There are number of tools already developed, but there might be a missing link between the Medical Doctor Specialist and Technology Expert that would develop a proper Research Methodology and System Framework to make sure that Patient's Electronic Health Record and early Medical Diagnosis are initiated by random visit to Medical Clinic or even Pharmacy, which may sound today quite ambitious. However, once the Systems Framework is complete then following implementations could become commercial available and perhaps even sponsored by the Ministry of Health for the benefit of all citizens.
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