While mammograms are currently the gold standard in breast cancer screening, swirls of controversy exist regarding when and how often they should be administered. On the one hand, advocates argue for the ability to save lives: Women aged 60-69 who receive mammograms, for example, have a 33 percent lower risk of dying compared to those
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AI May Underperform in Spotting Cancer for Darker Skin
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Artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning is emerging as an important assistive tool in cancer detection and diagnosis. The accuracy of deep learning not only depends on the algorithm itself, but also the quantity, diversity and quality of the dataset used to train the algorithm. A new study published in The Lancet Digital Health
Artificial Intelligence System Improves Breast Cancer Detection
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States; as of January 2021, there are more than 3.8 million women with a history of breast cancer in the United States. Doctors often use ultrasound, mammograms, MRI, or biopsy to find or diagnose breast cancer. In a new study, researchers from