Melaknow is an app that uses a patent pending machine learning algorithm to help you determine if a patient has a melanoma. It leverages the power of multiple images and analysis techniques to provide a melanoma detection accuracy 50% better than most primary care doctors.
Using Melaknow is as simple as taking a picture and you get results back within seconds. With Melaknow, accurate and affordable skin screening can be standard of care and unnecessary late diagnoses a thing of the past.
The U.S. has about half as many dermatologists as it would need to treat most skin ailments. The gap has only continued to grow in the last 10 years, and is not expected to improve.
The 10 year survival rate for melanoma caught in stage 1 is about 95% and even higher if caught in situ.
The 10 year survival rate for melanoma caught in stage 2 is only 67%. It continues to drop quickly if the tumor is allowed to progress, reaching only 14% by stage 4.
The amount spent treating skin cancers each year. Most of this cost is for cancers that were caught late. If caught early, average treatment costs are only around 2k.