UK scientists create ‘life-saving’ AI tool that predicts breast cancer

UK researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based model that can predict if breast cancer has spread to another part of the body including the liver, lungs, brain, or bones.

The AI model, developed by a team from the King’s College London, is able to detect spread by looking at changes in the lymph nodes — the structures under the arm and one of the first places that breast cancer can spread to in women with triple negative breast cancer.

Triple negative breast cancer accounts for about 10-15 per cent of all breast cancers and can be more aggressive. It is also more likely to return or spread during the first years following treatment.