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AI used for skin cancer checks at London hospital
A London hospital says its AI technology can give patients the all-clear without seeing a doctor.
Thousands of NHS patients have had urgent cancer checks using the AI tool, freeing up consultants to focus on the most serious cases and bringing down waiting lists. The system conducts the checks in minutes, with medical photographers taking photos of suspicious moles and lesions using an iPhone and the DERM app, developed by UK firm Skin Analytics. The AI tool has since been rolled out at more than 20 other NHS hospitals to assist doctors in their decision making, and in total it has helped to detect over 14,000 cases of cancer in the UK.
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