Every routine CT scan checked by AI for early cancer signs, with a tracked follow-up pathway
Hundreds of millions of CT scans are done each year for other reasons. Software could check each one for early lung, kidney, liver and pancreas changes, but only if a follow-up system exists.
Opportunistic screening algorithms exist for lung nodules, renal masses, liver lesions, and body composition. Propose a module running on all adult CTs with structured incidental-finding output, an automated tracking system to ensure follow-up, and a registry recording downstream procedures and cancers found so harm can be measured.
- Most lethal cancers are found late · Screening exists for only a few cancers. Pancreatic, ovarian, liver, oesophageal and most lung cancers are found when cure is unlikely.
- Overdiagnosis and false alarms · Finding more cancer is not the same as saving lives. Screening also finds cancers that would never have hurt anyone, and treats them.
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