By Henrietta Cook
Publication Date: 2026-03-04 18:30:00
An artificial intelligence tool that can predict who is at high risk of developing breast cancer in the four years after a mammogram is given the all-clear has been hailed as “the most significant step towards reducing deaths” in decades.
The tool, known as BRAIx, looks for patterns in breast mammograms to detect signals of risk that the human eye cannot see. It was developed by Australian researchers using mammograms from nearly 400,000 women and then tested using data from nearly 96,000 women.
This allows the technology to overcome the limitations of current screening methods, which can find it difficult to detect early signs of cancer in dense breasts.
The results, published in The lancet…