Using the AI resulted in half fewer false positives and slashed the number of clinically insignificant cancers by a fifth when compared to radiologists, the research from the Netherlands revealed.
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The cheap test - which looks for genetic markers of the cancer in people s DNA - was more effective than the current blood test men can request from their GP.