Algorithms are increasingly being put to work alongside radiologists and pathologists to help detect and diagnose cancers.
Why it matters: AI developers say these tools can help relieve a stressed health care system and improve critical medical decision-making, but experts caution about the risk of overdiagnosis that could drive up health spending and bring the possibility of unnecessary, risky biopsies.
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