Breast cancer breakthrough with new AI that can predict if disease will spread trends now
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Scientists have developed artificial intelligence which can predict if a patient’s breast cancer will spread.
The technology measures the immune response of lymph nodes, pea-sized lumps of tissue which help the body to fight infection.
Tests on the lymph nodes of people with triple negative breast cancer - an aggressive disease which is one of the most likely to spread or return - found it could predict if it was likely to metastasize.
Experts said the breakthrough could lead to more tailored treatment based on a woman’s individual risk profile, stopping the disease before it becomes incurable.
Researchers from King’s College London developed an AI model which they tested on more than 5,000 lymph nodes, donated by 345 patients.
Scientists have developed artificial intelligence which can predict if a patient’s breast cancer will spread (stock image)
Breast cancer cells typically first spread to lymph nodes in the armpit, or axilla, which are closest to the tumour.
When this happens, patients are usually given more intensive treatment to try and stop it developing elsewhere.
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