AI Assists Doctors in Detecting Breast Cancer in World's Largest Trial
Summary
World's largest trial reveals that AI-assisted mammography enhances breast cancer detection and may reduce radiologists' workload, with promising safety and efficacy results.
Key Points
- AI-assisted mammography detected more breast cancer cases than traditional methods in a large Swedish trial.
- The trial included over 100,000 women undergoing routine breast cancer scans between 2021 and 2022.
- AI assistance reduced the rate of interval cancers by 12 percent across all ages and breast densities.
- The AI model, Transpara, was trained on over 200,000 cancer scans from 10 countries, indicating global applicability.
