Potential breakthrough in fight against breast cancer

A potential breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer.

A new artificial intelligence model is detecting the disease more accurately than medical specialists. 

 Researchers at Google Health studied images already reviewed by doctors. 

The model could predict breast cancer from the scans with a similar accuracy level. 

But more importantly, it showed a reduction in the number of cases where cancer was incorrectly identified - reducing the percentages of missed diagnoses.

The hope is that the technology will one day become a "second opinion" for patients after a human review.