Politico October 11, 2024
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Artificial intelligence could predict women’s risk of getting breast cancer years ahead of diagnosis, new research in JAMA Network Open suggests.
Researchers in Norway and the U.S. analyzed records from hundreds of thousands of mammograms performed on women ages 50 to 69 in Norway from 2004 to 2018. They then used an AI screening tool from the South Korean firm Lunit to review the data.
Though intended only as a screening tool, the Lunit program, Insight MMG, was able to predict which patients would later develop breast cancer. The scans in which the AI tool saw cancer were taken four to six years before the actual diagnosis.
Why it matters: Better risk assessment could prompt patients to undergo...
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