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AI and Cancer Diagnosis - "An absolute game changer"

Medics at the The Royal Marsden in London have developed an artificial intelligence tool which data suggests is nearly twice as accurate as tissue biopsies.

When we talk about artificial intelligence, the focus is often on about revolutionary or how dangerous is it. Clearly there鈥檚 a lot more to it.

As experts in AI and global leaders gather at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire to discuss its potential risks, a group of doctors at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London have discovered something which they're really excited about. They've developed an AI tool that can assess rare cancers -- and here's the thing: data suggests it could be nearly twice as accurate as tissue biopsies. So what does this mean for patients and medics? The 麻豆社's medical editor, Fergus Walsh explains all in our latest 5 Minutes On podcast - AI and Cancer diagnosis: "An absolute game changer".

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