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PM to urge use of AI in cancer fight
Prime Minister Theresa May will use an upcoming speech to argue that the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases in the UK can be transformed by using artificial intelligence.
Speaking in Macclesfield, May is expected to urge the NHS and the UK’s technology companies to use AI as a ‘new weapon’ in research, able to help prevent 22,000 cancer deaths a year by 2033 while aiding the fight against heart disease, diabetes and dementia as well.
Whilst industry has been quick to raise awareness of potential challenges in using data and AI within healthcare, such as infrastructure and responsible use of data, May will say that she wants to see computer algorithms sifting through patients' medical records, genetic data and lifestyle habits to spot cancer.
Sir Harpal Kumar, chief executive officer of Cancer Research, lamented May’s expected speech as pioneering but stressed that ‘we need to ensure we have the right infrastructure, embedded in our health system, to make this possible’.
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