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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Harriette Boucher

‘I used AI to spot my skin cancer – it saved my life’

When 46-year-old Lynsey Robertson helped launch a new AI skin cancer screening tool at the GP surgery where she worked, she knew she would be among the first to try it out – but she never expected to become one of its first patients.

Just hours after Lynsey used the technology, the system flagged a mole on her skin as high risk, which was soon revealed to be a deadly melanoma.

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