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[–] elrik@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a type of preinvasive tumor that sometimes progresses to a highly deadly form of breast cancer. It accounts for about 25 percent of all breast cancer diagnoses.

Because it is difficult for clinicians to determine the type and stage of DCIS, patients with DCIS are often overtreated. To address this, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from MIT and ETH Zurich developed an AI model that can identify the different stages of DCIS from a cheap and easy-to-obtain breast tissue image. Their model shows that both the state and arrangement of cells in a tissue sample are important for determining the stage of DCIS.

https://news.mit.edu/2024/ai-model-identifies-certain-breast-tumor-stages-0722

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

How soon could this diagnostic tool be rolled out? It sounds very promising given the seriousness of the DCIS!

[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Anything medical is slow but tools like this tend to get used by doctors not patients so it's much easier

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

As soon as your hospital system is willing to pay big money for it.