breast cancer, NHS

Major breast cancer screening AI trial to begin
AI is already being tested in the NHS in a variety of ways, including helping to deliver cancer treatment, managing waiting lists and checking cancer scans. However, this is the biggest trial yet covering 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
‘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 British women are expected to take part in a study of using algorithms to
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.
Biggest rollout of AI in NHS to ‘speed up breast cancer diagnosis’
Health chiefs have announced the biggest rollout of artificial intelligence in the NHS in an attempt to speed up breast cancer diagnosis.
What it means to have dense breasts as Julia Bradbury backs AI cancer detection
Watch: Julia Bradbury says her cancer was missed twice on a mammogram due to having dense breasts Julia Bradbury has revealed her breast cancer had been missed twice on a mammogram due to her having "dense breasts".
AI breast cancer trials set to transform UK screening
Revolutionary AI breast cancer screening trial launches across 30 UK sites, promising to tackle radiologist shortages and speed up diagnosis for 700,000 women.
‘Faster and more accurate’ – NHS to trial AI in 700,000 breast-cancer scans
New technology, which hundred of thousands of women will be invited to help test over the coming months, could improve diagnoses while also lessening demands on radiologists, according to DHSC Hundred
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 women expected to take part.
AI trials to help with early breast cancer detection
AI tools like the ones being tested in the EDITH trial could help facilitate the screening process, allowing the NHS to manage its resources better. With around 2.1 million mammogram screenings carried out annually, AI could significantly reduce the time required for each screening, making the system more efficient.
Hospital uses AI technology to detect lung cancer
A North Yorkshire hospital has introduced AI technology that could speed up the detection of lung cancer and other serious illnesses. Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust said the software would "significantly improve" the efficiency and accuracy of chest X-ray analysis.
'Watershed moment' with cancer test that doesn't need doctor to decide
NICE judged that ‘more data is needed to be certain that these technologies do not incorrectly detect or miss skin cancer in ...
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World Cancer Day – CoppaFeel! and NHS NELCA urge young people to ‘Check In’
This World Cancer Day (4 February 2025), CoppaFeel!, the UK’s only breast cancer awareness charity for young people, has ...