Google's AI breast cancer system spots tumors human experts miss

A new artificial intelligence system is proving more effective at detecting breast cancer in mammograms than trained radiologists. The software, developed by researchers from Google Health, is not designed to replace human radiologists but instead assist and speed up current diagnostic processes. Although mammograms are the best diagnostic tool for uncovering breast cancer clinicians currently have at their disposal, they are not a perfect screening tool. One in five breast cancers are not picked up by trained radiologists looking at mammograms. At the other end of the spectrum around 50 percent of women receiving annual mammograms will have a false-positive finding at some point over a 10-year period.