Is AI the Future of Breast Cancer Detection?

As science searches for ways to improve breast cancer detection, AI is demonstrating that it can detect breast cancer better than humans.
Is AI the Future of Breast Cancer Detection?
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Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
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Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) could provide breakthroughs in the way that we detect breast cancer and evaluate breast cancer risk.

A recent Swedish study found that AI was able to detect 20 percent more breast cancer than experienced radiologists—in addition to cutting their mammography reading workload by more than 40 percent. The study suggests that AI could be a useful tool for breast cancer detection as well as help doctors and radiologists to do their jobs more effectively.

Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
Emma is an acupuncture physician and has written extensively about health for multiple publications over the past decade. She is now a health reporter for The Epoch Times, covering Eastern medicine, nutrition, trauma, and lifestyle medicine.
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