Segmentation and Cervical Cancer Classification
Cervical cancer does not occur as often as brain and lung cancer, however it still possesses an incredible threat to women every year. While it can be cured if found in an earlier stage, many women die every year due to the fact that their cancer was not detected at an earlier time and symptoms did not appear until the cancer was too far advanced to treat. Cells in the cervix can either by squamous cells, which when infected cause squamous cell carcinoma, or glandular cells which cause adenocarcinoma. Squamous cell carcinomas are flat cells that vary in morphology and cover the surface of the cervix. Adenocarcinoma cells develop in the glandular cells which produce music and grow along the inside of the endocervix, the passage that runs from the cervix to the womb. While both squamous cells carcinomas and adenocarcinomas are both associated with HPV infection, adenocarcinomas are much less common (Conceição, Braga, Rosado, & Vasconcelos, 2019, p. 2) . Because cervical cancer is dif