Medscape August 15, 2025
Edited by Vineeta Teotia

TOPLINE:

An artificial intelligence (AI) system flagged high-risk areas on mammograms for potentially missed interval breast cancers (IBCs), which radiologists had also retrospectively identified as abnormal. Moreover, the AI detected a substantial number of IBCs that manual review had overlooked.

METHODOLOGY:

  • Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of 119 IBC screening mammograms of women (mean age, 57.3 years) with a high breast density (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System [BI-RADS] c/d, 63.0%) using data retrieved from Cancer Registries of Eastern Switzerland and Grisons-Glarus databases.
  • A recorded tumour was classified as IBC when an invasive or in situ BC was diagnosed within 24 months after a normal screening mammogram.
  • Three radiologists retrospectively assessed the mammograms for visible signs of BC, which...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Provider, Radiology, Technology
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