Anything above a cumulative five-year risk score of 2.5 percent was deemed high, and the AI would then automatically recommend further testing such as a biopsy or MRI. How well, the team wondered, could Mirai predict which mammogram belonged to a person who developed cancer over a five-year period?While many cancers, such as lung cancer, have been declining in the United States, breast cancer rates have been going up – an annual average of half a percentage point between 2008 and 2017, according to the American Cancer Society.The same optimism may not yet have taken hold with breast cancer surgeons or oncologists, who most directly advise patients on breast cancer risk.
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April 25, 2024