AI approved for life-saving application

The FDA has just approved the first artificial intelligence (AI) program to support breast cancer risk prediction from screening mammograms. The AI model behind CLAIRITY BREAST was trained on millions of images and validated across more than 77,000 mammograms from five geographically distinct screening centers – including hospital-based and free-standing facilities – that collectively serve a diverse patient population, with validation anchored in five-year outcome data.

The AI (deep learning) risk score detected 8.6 cancers per 1,000 patients, compared with 4.4 and 3.8 cancers per 1,000 with the other risk models.

This is a great difference. Every cancer detected saves a life.

It’s not clear from the article how it will be commercialized and brought into widespread clinical practice. The Clairity web site says it will be launched soon.

Wendy

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Just think how easy this would be for skin cancer. Walk into a scanner like they have at the airport and it could scan your whole body.

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Since skin cancer is on the skin it can be seen visually, right? No need for X-rays. If you see something like this on your skin just go to a dermatologist and get a biopsy. Maybe I’m missing something?

Wendy

I was thinking of AI scanning for skin cancer. Would not even need a doctor to find it. Should be pretty simple.

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