THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women. While benign tumors remain limited in their area, malignant tumors, on the contrary, try to go beyond their area and damage other organs. Therefore, early detection of breast cancer is very important.
Breast Cancer Symptoms:
The presence of a mass, bloody discharge, or itchy lesion in the breast is one of the most important symptoms of breast cancer. The presence of swelling in the armpit, oedema, and wounds in the breast indicates that the disease is progressing.
Risk Factors for Breast Cancer:
- Family history of breast cancer
- Not giving birth
- Not breastfeeding
- Age at birth
- Age
- Late menopause
- Alcohol use
- Use of the contraceptive pill
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer:
Recently, many systems have been developed using artificial intelligence technologies in order to perform the diagnosis and treatment processes of the disease in a healthier and faster way. Since artificial intelligence technologies are systems that can transfer human skills to the machine environment, it can make automatic decisions without depending on the decisions of experts (doctors, radiologists, etc.) in the breast cancer diagnosis process. Today, such decision support systems are used in diagnosis-treatment processes and continue to be developed.
Is it possible to prevent breast cancer?
Women between the ages of 20 and 40 who have no complaints should have regular annual medical checkups. After the age of 40, annual mammography controls should be added to manual examinations and regular physician controls. Women who are in the breast cancer risk group should consult a physician and have periodic controls.
The risk of developing breast cancer can be reduced by taking precautions such as consuming fresh fruits and vegetables, not consuming canned foods, avoiding smoking, not gaining excess weight, and not drinking alcoholic beverages.
Since breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women and the proportion of women suffering from breast cancer is increasing day by day, it is important to raise awareness about the early diagnosis of breast cancer in society. In this context, the increase in advanced screening programs has increased the survival rate of patients in the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Our X-Eye Mammo product, developed with artificial intelligence support, detects masses and microcalcifications in mammography images and evaluates their benign or malignant probability. In this way, X-Eye Mammo increases the early detection rate of breast cancer.