Chinese AI system doubles oesophageal cancer detection rate

Summary: Chinese researchers developed an AI system to aid in early detection of oesophageal cancer, doubling detection rates compared to naked-eye assessments. The algorithm is used in hundreds of hospitals in China, highlighting lesions during endoscopies in real time. Oesophageal cancer is prevalent in Asia, with a high survival rate if detected early. The AI system was trained on 190,000 images and tested on over 3,000 patients, showing a detection rate of 1.8% compared to 0.9% in the control group.

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