University of Central Florida's AI finds early lung cancer with up to 97% sensitivity

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women worldwide, according to the American Cancer Society. Each year, more people -- about 154,000 -- die of lung cancer than from colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined, and the lifetime risk of developing lung cancer is as high as 1 in 15. Successful patient outcomes depend on early detection -- of the half of new patients diagnosed after lung cancer has spread, only 4 percent will live for five years. Fortunately, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could make it easier for clinicians to spot signs of tumor growth more accurately than with eyes alone. A paper recently published on the preprint server Arxiv.org