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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory in Chicago

New AI test can predict which men will benefit from prostate cancer drug

A woman looking at a microscope
The test was trialled using biopsy images from men with high-risk prostate cancer that had not spread. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA

Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict which men with prostate cancer will benefit from a drug that halves the risk of dying.

Abiraterone has been described as a “gamechanger” treatment for the disease, which is the most common form of cancer in men in more than 100 countries. It has already helped hundreds of thousands with advanced prostate cancer to live longer.

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