The World Health Organisation states that breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, and is the leading cause of death from cancer.

It has an impact on people of all sexes, races, and social classes. According to the 2019 National Cancer Registry (NCR), one in every 27 women is predicted to develop breast cancer throughout their lifetime.

As concerning as this is, Statistics South Africa reports that breast cancer therapy can be quite successful, with a survival probability of 40% in South Africa, especially when the disease is detected early.

The same artificial intelligence that recently made news for ChatGPT and image-generator AI apps like Remini, may be a key tool for determining a person’s risk of developing breast cancer.

An observational study titled “Comparison of Mammography AI Algorithms with a Clinical Risk Model for 5-year Breast Cancer Risk Prediction: An Observational Study” and published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), reports that AI programmes outperformed conventional models at predicting five-year breast cancer risk.