At least 20,000 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. And more than 3,300 die from the disease.
To save women’s lives, we need to detect breast cancer early. Breast screening, which halves women’s risk of dying from breast cancer, is key to that.
A new Australian study published today in The Lancet Digital Health suggests AI could help improve how we screen for breast cancer.
How do we currently screen for breast cancer?
Since 1992, Australia has offered free breast X-rays, known as mammograms, every two years to women aged between 50 and 74. Just over half of eligible women participate.
Of the women found to have cancer, about 25% are diagnosed between the biennial screens. These “interval cancers” are often aggressive and, unfortunately, more likely to be fatal.
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