aceAI facial analysis may help doctors estimate cancer survival risk
Researchers trained an AI model on more than 40 million faces to find clues that could help doctors estimate cancer patients’ survival risk. Could a simple picture of your face help doctors learn more about your health? Researchers at Mass General Brigham say a new artificial intelligence system may someday give doctors another tool for estimating survival risk in people with cancer. The
An AI model trained on over 40 million faces may someday give doctors an added tool for estimating survival risk in cancer patients from a face photo.
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- JournalismAL.com2026-10-22
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