An artificial intelligence (AI) tool could help doctors predict a woman's risk of developing breast cancer years in advance, according to new research.In a new study, published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, researchers at NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center tested an AI model designed to estimate a woman's risk of developing breast cancer within five years.The tool looks at several years of a woman's 3D mammograms to track changes in breast tissue over time, rather than looking only at the latest scan, according to the researchers.NEW ALZHEIMER'S BLOOD TEST PREDICTS WHO IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP DEMENTIA IN 5 TO 10 YEARSThe model was developed using more than 313,000 mammograms from more than 161,000 women, according to the study.An artificial intelligence (AI) tool could help doctors predict a woman's risk of developing breast cancer years in advance.(iStock)Connie Lehman, a Massachusetts-based breast imaging specialist and professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital that AI could help identify women whose increased risk might otherwise go unnoticed."For decades, as a doctor and breast imaging specialist, I have cared for women who were shocked by a breast cancer diagnosis," Lehman said.
"Again and again, I heard: 'How can this be? No one in my family has had breast cancer.'"CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERTraditional risk assessments can consider factors such as family history and genetic mutations, while AI can look for additional clues within a woman's breast tissue, according to Lehman.The tool looks at several years of a woman's 3D mammograms to track changes in breast tissue over time.(iStock)"A mammogram can tell us more than whether cancer is visible today — it can also provide information about a woman's risk of developing cancer in the years ahead," she said.That information could eventually help doctors tailor breast cancer screening to a woman's in...