Design and performance analysis of Flexible antenna for the early Detection of breast cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer is one of the deadliest diseases that women predominantly suffer from after cervical cancer. Comparatively, most of the urban population in India is affected by Breast cancer than their counterparts in rural areas. According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), every year more than one lakh women are affected by this disease with a survival rate of 78%. The survival rate can be further increased only by early detection and suitable treatment. newlineThere are various traditional methods to detect the breast cancer in women like Self Breast Exam (SBE), Clinical Breast Examination (CBE), Mammography, Breast Ultrasound, Biopsy, Breast MRI, etc. The reason for the high fatality rate in many countries is the diagnosis of the disease at an advanced stage. Hence, early detection of breast cancer followed by suitable treatment may reduce the fatality rate. But the major disadvantage in the above said methods is the inability to differentiate the benign tumour and malignant tumour. Moreover, these methods fail to detect the tumour at the initial stage. newlineIn bio medical applications, prospective data of human physiology and anatomy can be traced using microwave imaging techniques. Breast cancer can be detected in its initial stages by designing suitable textile antennas and many research have been done in UWB spectrum due to its high depth of penetration in human tissues. The choice of using microwave frequency for detection is that it has more advantages when compared to the traditional methods of detection. The advantages are low cost, easy design, non-ionizing, non-invasive and involvement of low risk to the patients newline