AI predicts pancreatic cancer risk 3 years in advance.

Artificial intelligence algorithms may be able to identify those most at risk for developing pancreatic cancer around three years before diagnosis purely by using the patients' medical records, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine. Pancreatic cancer is fast-growing and hard to detect, but identifying any cancer early on is important for recovery, especially with pancreatic cancer, which is one of the most difficult cancers to detect in its early stages when it's most curable. An AI tool that can zero in on those at highest risk for pancreatic cancer who stand to benefit most from further tests could go a long way toward improving clinical decision-making.