AI Spots Pancreatic Cancer Years Before It Shows Up, Study Finds

An artificial intelligence system can spot pancreatic cancer long before it shows up on scans, raising the prospect of catching one of the deadliest tumors early enough to successfully treat, a study found.

The model, developed by researchers at the Mayo Clinic and collaborators, identified subtle changes in routine CT scans an average of about 475 days before patients were diagnosed, according to the study, published Tuesday in the journal Gut.

Pancreatic cancer is rarely detected early because tumors typically don’t cause symptoms and often aren’t visible on imaging until the disease is advanced. More than 85% of cases ...