AI is already changing the ways we fight cancer

An estimated 610,000 people in the US died from cancer last year. That's almost the same amount of people who perished in the country's four-year civil war. At least two million more people were diagnosed with some form of cancer in 2024, a figure that's climbed in recent years. Early detection remains one of the single biggest factors that determine whether or not someone ultimately survives cancer and, luckily, advances in medical treatment can help. Researchers and medical scientists believe artificial intelligence models could play a key role in that early detection process.