Melanoma Skin Cancer Detection:A Review
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Skin is a vital component of the human body and covers the entire human system. Skin cancer is one of the complex and severe types of cancer. Nowadays young adults are mostly affected by skin cancer. In spite of the unforeseen progression medical science, curing skin cancer is a complex process. Malignant melanoma is one type of skin cancer, which cannot be cured and leads to death unless detected earlier. One of the major challenges is detection of melanoma at an early stage. Various techniques have emerged for detecting melanoma and this paper reviews the most extensively used
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