A new AI-based risk prediction system could help catch deadly pancreatic cancer cases earlier
“It would be anticipated that such a model would improve the current landscape,” he says. “But it really needs to be very early to make the biggest impact.” It’s possible that some people could have developed advanced pancreatic cancer within the six-to-18-month window, meaning it could be too late to treat them effectively by the time they’ve received a risk assessment, he says. While this particular study is retrospective, looking at existing data and tasking the models with making hypothetical predictions, the team…