Abstract: A system and method for automatically analyzing an image of cells to detect cancer. Some embodiments include eliciting and receiving a digital photomicrograph image of cells; determining a boundary of a cell in the image; identifying a plurality of characteristics of the cell from image-pixel data from within the identified boundary of the cell; reading a plurality of cell characteristics of a plurality of types of cells from a database; comparing the identified characteristics of the cells in the image to the plurality of cell characteristics read from the database; and determining a pathology based on the comparing. Some embodiments further include automatically identifying an appropriate treatment and applying the identified treatment.