The Potential of Convolutional Neural Networks for Cancer Detection

Abstract

Early detection is a prime requisite for successful cancer treatment and increasing its survivability rates, particularly in the most common forms. CNNs (Convolutional Neural Networks) are very potent tools for the analysis and classification of medical images, with particular reference to the early detection of different types of cancer. Ten different cancers have been identified in most of these advances that use CNN techniques for classification. The unique architectures of CNNs employed in each study are focused on pattern recognition for each type of cancer through different datasets. By comparing and analyzing these architectures, the strengths and drawbacks of each approach are pointed out in terms of their efforts toward improving the earlier detection of cancer. The opportunity to embrace CNNs within the clinical sphere was interrogated as support or potential substitution of traditional diagnostic techniques. Furthermore, challenges such as integrating diverse data, how to interpret the results, and ethical dilemmas continue to stalk this field with inconceivable hindrances. This study identifies those CNN architectures that carry out the best work and offers a comparative analysis that reveals to researchers the impact of CNNs on cancer detection in the leap toward boosting diagnostic capabilities in health.