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Medics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients
Trials in UK, France and the Netherlands indicate tool can predict if patient will experience problems from surgery and radiotherapy
Speaking at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Milan, Rattay said the technology was “an explainable AI tool, which means that it shows the reasoning behind its decision-making. “This exciting project will explore whether using AI could enable people with breast cancer to receive more personalised care and support that helps minimise side-effects, such as chronic arm swelling, after surgery and radiotherapy. In other developments at the conference, researchers from Italy found that using combined positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging (PET-MRI) scans enabled doctors to spot that a breast cancer patient’s tumour had begun to spread.
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