NHS, breast cancer

NHS trial using AI to check breast scans could ‘help beat cancer once and for all’
Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who survived kidney cancer in 2021, is launching an NHS-wide breast cancer trial using artificial intelligence to analyse mammograms
Biggest rollout of AI in NHS to ‘speed up breast cancer diagnosis’
Hundreds of thousands of women will have their scans assessed by the technology in a trial that offers ‘faster access to treatment’
Inside the NHS plan to revolutionise breast cancer diagnosis with help of AI
The NHS is launching the world's biggest trial of AI to detect breast cancer, screening two-thirds of 700,000 women. Five different types of AI will read about 462,000 mammograms at 30 breast cancer screenings later. The other 238,000 will be read in the usual way by two radiologists.
NHS trial puts AI for breast cancer screening under scrutiny
From April, women invited for a routine breast cancer screening will be invited to take part in the trial at 30 testing sites across the country. The AIs will be tested to see how well they can assist radiologists in interpreting mammograms and identifying changes in breast tissue that could signal cancer.
UK’s NHS launches ‘world-leading’ AI trial for early detection of breast cancer
Nearly 700,000 women across the UK will take part in what the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) described as a world-leading trial launched on Tuesday – World Cancer Day – to test how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can be used to catch breast cancer cases earlier.
Major breast cancer screening AI trial to begin
Nearly 700,000 women are to be recruited to take part in an NHS artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer screening trial across the UK. Five different AI platforms will be tested across 30 sites from April to see if the technology can speed up diagnosis as well as free up radiologists.
Major trial launched to explore how AI could transform breast cancer screening
According to Breast Cancer Now, about 55,000 women and 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK. Women are automatically invited for screening between the age
NHS staff boasted of being ‘anti-white’, Streeting says in attack on diversity agendas
NHS staff boasted of their “anti-whiteness” stance, Wes Streeting has said in an attack on “misguided” diversity and ...
Diversity and inclusion in NHS hampered by ‘anti-whiteness’ claims – Streeting
The Health Secretary said he needed the ‘profession to help’ get back to the fundamentals of promoting equality.
‘Anti-whiteness’ hampering NHS diversity schemes, says Wes Streeting
Anti-whiteness’ hampering NHS diversity schemes, says Wes Streeting - It comes as the health secretary called on experts and ...
‘Landmark’ moment as NHS clinics use AI to ‘detect breast cancer cases earlier and faster’
NHS clinics will use artificial intelligence to screen for breast cancer in a massive “landmark” trial. Almost 700,000 ...
NHS launches landmark AI trial to detect breast cancer earlier and cut waiting lists
A major trial aiming to transform breast cancer screening with artificial intelligence has been launched, with almost 700,000 ...
NHS ordered to make improvements to patient care while cutting costs
The NHS has been ordered to drive improvements in hospital waiting times and cancer care while at the same time cutting costs ...