Latest AI Has 100% Success Rate in Spotting Melanomas

Source: U.S. News, October 2023

FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The ability to detect skin cancer using artificial intelligence (AI) software has rapidly improved.

New research presented Wednesday at a medical conference in Berlin shows that this AI technology now has a 100% detection rate for melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.

In this study, researchers assessed more than 22,000 patients with suspected skin cancers over 2-1/2 years. Besides detecting all 59 cases of melanoma, the new software was 99.5% accurate in detecting all skin cancers, missing 1 of 190. It was 92.5% effective at identifying pre-cancerous lesions.
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