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Victoria Atkinson

New AI model spots pancreatic cancer up to 3 years earlier than human doctors in test

Illustration of pancreatic cancer in a human body.

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model can help doctors detect pancreatic cancer up to three years before physicians typically spot tumors on CT scans, a new study suggests.

The program, described April 28 in the journal Gut, was used to analyze almost 2,000 CT scans that had been previously cleared as "normal," bearing no signs of disease. The tool identified tiny irregularities in the structure of the pancreas that later developed into tumor tissue.

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