Pioneering artificial intelligence could soon be used to help identify prostate cancer in deadliest cases By Meike Leonard Published: 23:55, 19 October 2024 | Updated: 00:05, 20 October 2024 e-mail View comments Artificial intelligence could soon be used to identify prostate cancer patients with the deadliest form of the disease. The pioneering computer software would allow doctors to decide which patients to give intensive and targeted treatments to early on, to stop the disease spreading. The ambitious project, funded by Prostate Cancer UK, will involve studying blood samples from thousands of patients to spot genetic mutations linked to aggressive cancer.
'Armed with this knowledge, we'll develop a model that can predict if a man's prostate cancer is going to be aggressive based on a blood sample,' says Prof Ros Eeles at the Institute of Cancer Research. 'This will help clinicians overcome significant challenges and could revolutionise the way prostate cancer is diagnosed, treated, and managed.' Prostate Cancer UK are funding an AI software which will be able to identify men who will suffer from the most severe forms of prostate cancer Some men develop aggressive prostate cancer, which can kill in a matter of years.
Every year, 12,000 men die as a result One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK. Every year, around 55,000 men are diagnosed with the disease. Many cases of are slow-growing.
Some patients live with the condition for more than a decade .
