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AI detects misshapen nuclei that indicate ovarian cancer

Once trained artificial intelligence is almost aways going to be more reliable than humans

12-Jan-2019

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AI detects misshapen nuclei that indicate ovarian cancer

AI scanned 150 million cells from over 500 women with ovarian cancer.

Looks for clusters of tumour cells with unusually shaped nuclei.

These appear to be an indication that the cell’s DNA has become unstable.

Conventional tests can easily overlook them.

More than 7,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed every year in the UK.

It has one of the worst survival rates of all cancers.

The study was published in Nature Communications.

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Nature Communications

Journal covering all topics in physics, chemistry, and biology

The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)

One of the world’s most influential cancer research organizations

Yinyin Yuan

Team leader at Institute of Cancer Research, London.

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AI in Healthcare, Cancer