Study: AI detects prostate cancer 17% more accurately than doctors

In recent years, the AI trend has taken over social media platforms and has become the latest viral craze.

From passing medical and law exams to delivering speeches, AI has evolved so much that it even converses with users and offers solutions to their problems.

Now, a new study has found that AI is outpacing doctors in detecting a common cancer in men.

According to a press release, researchers from the University of California (UCLA) found that an AI tool identified prostate cancer with 84% accuracy and outperformed doctors who had a 67% accuracy rate.

Unfold AI, an AI program created by Avenda Health and cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration, uses an AI algorithm to visualize the likelihood of cancer based on various types of clinical data, the sources reported.

Seven urologists and three radiologists tested this tool by analysing 50 cases where tumours had been removed.

After doing this same study again, the AI found a far greater "negative margin rate," which indicates a smaller chance of cancer being left behind, the outlet reported.

In the study, researchers said that based on their findings, the AI could lead to more accurate diagnoses and more targeted treatments, reducing the need for full-gland removal and the side effects that can come with it, such as incontinence and impotence.