New AI Tool Predicts Cancers Better, May Catch Them Far Earlier

A new study indicates that an artificial intelligence tool can tremendously improve predictions of whether a nodule will develop cancer, thereby helping identify cancer much earlier in deadly diseases such as lung cancer.

Experts at the Royal Marsden NHS foundation trust, the Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Imperial College London created the new AI tool, which could identify nodules’ risk of cancer at significantly higher rates than current tests.

“In the future, we hope it will improve early detection and potentially make cancer treatment more successful by highlighting high-risk patients and fast-tracking them to earlier intervention,” Dr. Benjamin Hunter, a clinical oncology registrar at the Royal Marsden and a clinical research fellow at Imperial, stated, The Guardian reported.

“Through this work, we hope to push boundaries to speed up the detection of the disease using innovative technologies such as AI,” said the study’s chief investigator, Dr Richard Lee, adding, “People diagnosed with lung cancer at the earliest stage are much more likely to survive for five years, when compared with those whose cancer is caught late. This means it is a priority we find ways to speed up the detection of the disease, and this study – which is the first to develop a radiomics model specifically focused on large lung nodules – could one day support clinicians in identifying high-risk patients.” (Read more from “New AI Tool Predicts Cancers Better, May Catch Them Far Earlier” HERE)

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