New AI Tool Can Identify Cancer More Efficiently, Better Than Current Methods: Study

According to World Health Organization, cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and results in about 10 million deaths annually.

An artificial intelligence (AI) model has been created by scientists, doctors and researchers that can identify cancer accurately, Guardian reported. Researchers say it can speed up the diagnosis of the disease and also fast-track treatment given to the patients.

The AI tool, which ''performs more efficiently and effectively than current methods'' has been designed by experts at the Royal Marsden NHS foundation trust, the Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Imperial College London.  The tool can identify if abnormal growths seen on a person's CT scans are cancerous.

The research's findings were published in the ebiomedicine journal of the Lancet. 

''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,” said Dr Benjamin Hunter, a clinical research fellow at Imperial and a clinical oncology registrar who works at the Royal Marsden.