- Breast cancer can come back after treatment.
- Doctors want to know who is at risk.
- An AI test can help predict the risk.
- The AI test can work quickly and cheaply.
- It uses routine data and pathology slides.
- Slides show small pieces of tissue under microscope.
- Researchers tested the method with many patients.
- It found higher-risk and lower-risk patients.
- The test worked for some hard-to-test cancers.
- Experts say more clinical trials are needed.
Difficult words
- treatment — medical care to try to cure disease
- risk — chance that a bad thing will happenrisk.
- predict — say what will happen in the future
- pathology — study of disease and body tissue
- slide — thin piece of glass for microscopeSlides
- researcher — person who studies science or medicineResearchers
- clinical trial — study to test new medical treatment with patientsclinical trials
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Discussion questions
- Would you take an AI medical test if your doctor offered it?
- Have you or a family member had a medical test?
- Do you prefer a fast test or a slow test?
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