Artificial intelligence has been shown to halve the workload of radiologists and detect more cancers than clinicians alone, in what experts say is an exciting foretaste of how such tools will help to relieve pressure on the NHS.
A study involving more than 80,000 women in Sweden has shown that AI working in concert with clinicians can be used safely to analyse mammography in one of the most robust investigations yet into its use in spotting cancers.
It reveals AI’s potential for making screening more accurate and efficient, although researchers said they would need to follow up the women involved to prove that actual health outcomes were improved.
There are about 56,800 new cases of breast cancer each year, making it the most common cancer
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