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AI can spot cancer risks doctors miss. Why isn’t it standard care?⁠

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Every woman is told they should start getting mammograms.

I believe it's after the age of 40.

And recently I went and they said, do you want to spend an extra $40 to get an AI screen?

And I was like, okay, sure.

I don't really know what that is.

Did I make the right decision?

With all kinds of great studies and the highest level peer review literature, that it could take years before it gets into implementation.

We're not using AI how we can now.

I am aware of a lot of backlash against AI, but this is the one ideal example of when it should be incorporated because there is

so much value and it shouldn't be the burden on the patient.

While women over 40 are routinely advised to undergo mammograms, emerging technologies like AI screenings are being offered as optional, out-of-pocket add-ons. Despite proven value in peer-reviewed literature, the adoption of medical AI is delayed, and patients are unfairly burdened with the cost of these underutilized advancements.

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