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Histopathological image analysis plays a critical role in diagnosis by enabling cellularlevel tissue examination. However, manual assessment is often timeconsuming, subjective, and prone to variability, driving the need for automated solutions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study proposes DenseUNet169, a deep learning framework that integrates established DenseNet and UNet for systematic evaluation in breast cancer segmentation. The model improves gradient flow, facilitates efficient training, and enhances segmentation accuracy by focusing on visually salient regions within histopathological images. 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