Medical Xpress May 5, 2022
As medicine continues to embrace machine learning, a new study suggests how scientists may use artificial intelligence to predict how cancer may affect the probability of fractures along the spinal column.
In the U.S., more than 1.6 million cases of cancer are diagnosed every year, and about 10% of those patients experience spinal metastasis—when disease spreads from other places in the body to the spine. One of the biggest clinical concerns patients face is the risk of spinal fractures due to these tumors, which can lead to severe pain and spinal instability.
“Spinal fracture increases the risk of patient death by about 15%,” said Soheil Soghrati, co-author of the study and associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at The...