New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests
The AI system was custom-built by experts at Mass General Brigham, a nonprofit, integrated academic healthcare system in Massachusetts, to estimate…
The Guardian reports that the AI system was custom-built by experts at Mass General Brigham, a nonprofit, integrated academic healthcare system in Massachusetts, to estimate biological age and directly predict survival outcomes in patients diagnosed with cancer.
System can estimate a person’s biological age and predict chances of cancer survival from a single photograph Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict a cancer patient’s chances of survival from a single photograph of their face.
This health story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include AI, Doctors and Mass General Brigham.
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