FDA-Approved AI Algorithm More Likely to Detect False Positive Breast Cancer Cases in Black Women

Managed Healthcare Executive May 23, 2024
Logan Lutton

Wrong diagnoses were also made in women with dense, fatty breasts.

The FDA-approved AI algorithm called ProFound AI was more likely to show a false-positive cancer diagnosis in the mammograms of Black women, when compared to White, Hispanic or Asian women, new research shows. Results from the study were published Tuesday in Radiology.

A team of researchers from the Duke University School of Medicine led by Yinhao Ren, Ph.D. and Derek L. Nguyen, looked at a diverse set of breast cancer screenings performed at the Duke University Medical Center between 2016 and 2019. Scan demographics were 27% White, 26% Black, 28% Asian and 19% Hispanic with an average age of 54. All scans were negative at the time of the...

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