The Government recently announced steps towards extending free breast cancer screening to women aged 70-74. Clinical lead for BreastScreen Aotearoa, Dr Adam.
Scans from mammograms are usually analysed by two doctors. But a Swedish study, published today in the Lancet, found using artificial intelligence (AI) to help analyse the scans detected 20 per cent more cancers and reduced the workload by 44 per cent.
In the past fortnight, I've learned some interesting things about my breasts. And unaccustomed as I am to featuring this body part in my written work, I was so foolishly surprised by some of them that I thought it worth sharing, writes Annabel Crabb.