AI used to detect breast cancer risk

US scientists are using artificial intelligence to predict whether breast lesions identified from a biopsy will turn out to cancerous.
The machine learning system has been tested on 335 high-risk lesions, and correctly diagnosed 97% as malignant.
It reduced the number of unnecessary surgeries by more than 30%, the scientists said.
One breast cancer specialist said that the research was "useful".
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