AI Detects Pancreatic Cancer Early: How China’s PANDA System Could Change Diagnosis Forever

AI tool catches pancreatic cancer in routine scans before symptoms appear

According to physician Zhu Kelei, AI has definitively saved the lives of patients whose scans were only flagged by PANDA, an AI tool developed by Alibaba researchers. The system analyzes non-contrast CT images - scans where even experienced radiologists can easily miss tumors. The article AI tool catches pancreatic cancer in routine scans before symptoms appear appeared first on The Decoder.

AI Detects Pancreatic Cancer Early: How China’s PANDA System Could Change Diagnosis Forever

Pancreatic cancer is one of medicine’s most unforgiving diagnoses. It hides in plain sight, produces vague symptoms, and is often discovered only when treatment options are limited. Now, an artificial intelligence system developed in China is showing how that pattern could change. In eastern China, an AI tool called PANDA (Pancreatic Cancer Detection with Artificial Intelligence) is being used to flag pancreatic cancer before symptoms appear, us…