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Christobel Saunders, James Stewart Chair Of Surgery, The University of Melbourne

AI can help detect breast cancer. But we don't yet know if it can improve survival rates

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Around one in seven Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their life, with 20,000 new breast cancers diagnosed each week.

Mammograms are a key detection tool for early-stage breast cancer and involve placing the breast tissue between two plates and then doing an x-ray.

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