How technology is changing the detection of breast cancer
Summary
Dr. Rachel Brem, a breast cancer expert, is using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve how breast cancer is found early. The AI software helps detect cancer signs earlier than traditional mammograms and could help predict future risks and reduce health gaps.Key Facts
- Dr. Brem is a diagnostic radiologist and leads Breast Imaging at George Washington University.
- She works with ScreenPoint Medical on Transpara, an AI tool that helps screen mammograms.
- Combining AI with mammograms can find breast cancer up to five years earlier than usual.
- The AI software learns and gets better with each use and can predict cancer risk even when no cancer is visible.
- AI-enhanced mammograms have been used at George Washington University for over four years with no extra cost to patients.
- Nationwide, only about 20% of mammogram centers use AI, often due to extra costs.
- Black women have a 40% higher death rate from breast cancer than White women; lack of access to screenings worsens this.
- Dr. Brem is also working on a breath test that might detect breast cancer painlessly in the future.
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