Nina Droff 06:07, January 27, 2023

What if artificial intelligence could help us better diagnose cancers?

A dream that came true a few years ago in the medical community.

Now, several AIs are able to recognize metastases and analyze samples to detect the presence of cancer cells. 

They are becoming faithful allies in improving the detection and management of cancers.

In recent years, many pathology centers and hospitals have been using artificial intelligence.

Because these algorithms are very useful in helping medical teams diagnose certain cancers.

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"A remarkable step forward"

So, at the Medipath pathology center, the teams use the artificial intelligence "Galen Prostate".

It is the latter that analyzes biopsies, human tissue samples, patients.

They are first digitized and then analyzed by the software.

"This is a remarkable advance. The algorithm has been set up to recognize images of prostate cancer. And it gives a color-coded image that highlights areas with suspicion of cancer" explains Jessica Calvo, pathologist at Medipath.

The algorithm makes it possible to save time and in precision in the diagnoses, specifies the practitioner at the microphone of Europe 1.

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The doctor has the last word

Similarly, the Institut Curie uses AI to discover the origin of "cancers of unknown origins".

"These are diseases where patients have metastases, but we don't know where they come from. And that's a problem, because we don't know how to treat them," explains Sarah Watson, medical oncologist at the Curie Institute.

They therefore developed an AI, trained to recognize many forms of cancer.

"The AI ​​is able to see things that we humans cannot. It can identify thanks to its database which cancer we have to do."

But, at Medipath, as at the Institut Curie, it is always the doctors and pathologists who have the last word.

"AI does not replace a professional" recalls Jessica Calvo, "it is a cooperation between the algorithm and the professional, at the service of patients", she concludes.