Tan Tock Seng Hospital explores AI for faster, more accurate screening of breast cancer
Artificial intelligence will be used for breast cancer screening in at least one hospital in Singapore so patients can get faster and more accurate detection. This is as women who have gone for breast cancer screening in Singapore remains much lower than other developed nations. This is despite the disease being the most common cancer among women here. Dr Priyanka Rajendram, Clinical Head of Cancer Prevention & Control at the Singapore Cancer Society, discusses the low breast cancer screening numbers. She talks about reasons why women are not going for them and what can be done to encourage more to get screened.
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