AI Holds Promise for Equitable Cancer Detection and Treatment
Summary
A medical student and resident physician discuss their published manuscript on leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance equitable cancer care, highlighting AI's potential in improving diagnosis, treatment planning, increasing access through mobile tools, and addressing challenges like data bias and ethical implementation.
Key Points
- Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can help mitigate overdiagnosis of cancers but need validation with diverse data to avoid biased models
- Developing population-specific AI models may improve predictive accuracy in diagnosis and treatment planning, benefiting patients in low- and middle-income countries
- Ethically applying AI in oncology requires data security, transparency, clinical validation, and combating algorithmic bias, with potential applications including mobile diagnostics, cloud platforms, and remote consultation to increase access