A Screening Technique for Prostate Cancer by Hair Chemical Analysis and Artificial Intelligence

  • Ping Wu
  • Kok Liang Heng
  • Shuo Wang Yang
  • Yi Feng Chen
  • Ravuru Subramanyam Mohan
  • Peter Huat Chye Lim
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 1620)

Abstract

Early detection of cancer may not only substantially reduce the overall health care costs but also reduce the long term morbidity and death from cancer. Although there are screening techniques available for prostate cancer, they all have practical limitations. In this paper, a new screening technique for prostate cancer is discussed. This technique applies artificial intelligence on the chemical analytical data of human scalp hair. Our study shows that it is possible to reveal relationship among hair trace elements and to establish correlation of multi element to prostate cancer etiology.

Keywords

Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer Patient Hair Sample Partial Little Square Regression Principal Component Regression 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ping Wu
    • 1
  • Kok Liang Heng
    • 1
  • Shuo Wang Yang
    • 1
  • Yi Feng Chen
    • 1
  • Ravuru Subramanyam Mohan
    • 1
  • Peter Huat Chye Lim
    • 2
  1. 1.Institute of High Performance ComputingThe RutherfordSingapore
  2. 2.Division of Urology, Department of SurgeryChangi General HospitalSingapore

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