The Rundown AI: AI catches 27% more aggressive cancers. As a breast cancer survivor who attended BreastCheck, free service, there is even more progress. Now 7 years cancer free

Posted on February 3, 2026 by michelleclarke2015
 AI catches 27% more aggressive breast cancers
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The Rundown: Swedish researchers just published results from the largest-scale trial of AI-powered breast cancer screening, finding the technology helps radiologists spot a higher percentage of tumors while cutting radiologist workload nearly in half.
The details:
The two-year study tracked over 100K women to see if AI could catch cancers that traditional screening misses between appointments.The AI analyzed mammograms and flagged high-risk cases for radiologists, boosting the detection rate from 74% to 81% without increasing false positives.Women in the AI group saw 27% fewer aggressive tumor types and 21% fewer large tumors compared to standard screening alone.The system also cut radiologist workload by 44% by handling initial screening, sorting, and freeing doctors to focus on the cases that need the most attention.
Why it matters: Between drug discovery, tumor detection, treatment planning, and more, AI is quickly becoming one of the most impactful tools in the cancer fight. With over 2M breast cancer diagnoses each year, scaling this kind of early detection via AI could be life-changing for women across the globe.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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