Could AI dramatically improve how quickly we diagnose cancer? [Video]

By Stephen Beech via SWNS

Cancer could soon be detected by artificial intelligence – “dramatically” improving patients’ survival chances, according to a new study.

Doctors will be able to use state-of-the-art machine learning technology to diagnose cancer in patients which would lead to earlier treatment, say scientists.

A prototype developed by British scientists identified 13 different types of cancer with an accuracy rate above 98%.

Cancer causes the death of 10 million people around the world with its evolutionary nature making it tough to treat late-stage tumors.

Scientists explained that genetic information is encoded in DNA by patterns of the four bases – denoted by A, T, G and C – that make up its structure.

Environmental changes outside the cell can cause some DNA bases to be modified by adding a methyl group, a process known as “DNA methylation.”

Each individual cell possesses millions of DNA methylation marks.

Researchers who have observed changes to those marks in the early stages of cancer believe …