A new artificial intelligence tool can accurately identify cancer in a development doctors and scientists said could speed up diagnosis of the disease. The algorithm performs more effectively than current methods, according to a study. It can identify whether abnormal growths found on CT scans are cancerous. The AI tool, designed by experts at the Royal Marsden NHS foundation trust, the Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Imperial College London, could fast-track patients to treatment. A new artificial intelligence tool can accurately identify cancer in a development doctors and scientists said could speed up diagnosis of the disease.