AI Capable of Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

Artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning is fast becoming a useful tool for detecting diseases from imaging data. A new study published in the journal Radiology shows how AI deep learning can detect pancreatic cancer on CT scans with 91 percent accuracy. "The deep learning–based tool enabled accurate detection of pancreatic cancer on CT scans, with reasonable sensitivity for tumors smaller than 2 cm," wrote the study authors affiliated with National Taiwan University. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers and the exact cause is not known. There were over 450,000 cases of pancreatic cancer and more than 430,000 deaths globally in 2018 according to GLOBOCAN.