Scientists have created artificial intelligence to predict the success of breast cancer chemotherapy before surgery. In this respect informs University of Waterloo.
Program, Dr. It was created as part of the open-source Cancer-Net initiative led by Alexander Wong.
“Determining the right treatment for a particular breast cancer patient is very difficult at the moment, and it is very important to avoid the side effects of using treatments that are unlikely to provide real benefit,” he said. An artificial intelligence system to predict the body’s response to treatment will give doctors the tools they need to write down the best treatment option for a patient.
The AI was trained on breast cancer images taken with magnetic resonance imaging. In the cases under review, doctors knew whether chemotherapy was benefiting the patient, and so the algorithm was trained to identify the details that determined success or failure.
Scientists hope that with the help of the program it will be possible to save time and immediately resort to surgery. In addition, pre-operative treatment, known as neoadjuvant chemotherapy, can reduce the size of a tumor, making surgery possible or easier, as well as lessening the severity of consequences, such as avoiding a mastectomy.