AI better than doctors at spotting prostate cancer on MRI and may reduce unnecessary surgery Experts hope AI could reduce overdiagnosis and prevent unnecessary surgery READ MORE: Radiotherapy shrinks brain tumours and cuts risk of memory loss By Kate Pickles Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 23:30, 11 June 2024 | Updated: 23:30, 11 June 2024 e-mail View comments Artificial intelligence is better at spotting prostate cancer than hospital doctors, a groundbreaking study found. Developed by experts, the computer system was trained and then tested on more than 10,000 prostate MRI examinations on patients. Using the AI resulted in half fewer false positives and slashed the number of clinically insignificant cancers by a fifth when compared to radiologists, the research revealed.
Doctors believe it could help reduce overdiagnosis and prevent unnecessary surgery in the most common cancer among men, hugely benefitting any future screening programme. Researchers predict using AI to help read scans will be crucial in addressing the rising demand in medical imaging worldwide. The computer system was trained and then tested on more than 10,000 prostate MRI examinations on patients More than 52,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year on average in the UK, making it the most common cancer in men.
Around 12,000 men die every year from the disease — the equivalent of one every 45 minutes However, as yet there is limited scientific evidence on whether it really works.
