Venezuela has software that detects breast and thyroid cancer

Published at: 02/11/2024 01:38 PM

Mammography and ultrasound are essential tests for detecting breast cancer at an early age. Now, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), radiologists use software that allows them to achieve greater precision in the analysis and interpretation of the images from these studies. Optimizing the diagnosis is possible with technological innovations such as Koios, an AI tool distributed in Venezuela, which offers specialists the possibility of delivering results immediately to their patients, without having to wait 24 hours.

The radiologist and director of the Imaging Unit of the Sagrada Familia University Clinical Center in Maracaibo, Dr. Oswaldo Ramos explained, through a press release published by the newspaper Úlmas Noticias, that radiology advances in the detection of diseases, with the support of this technology as an aid to medicine. “The experience has been remarkable in evaluating our patients with both breast and thyroid pathologies,” he said.

In the same way, he indicated that, “this tool has not only demonstrated high precision in image analysis, but it has also allowed us to identify subtle lesions that could sometimes have gone unnoticed with a conventional analysis,” he said.

The specialist, who has more than 30 years of professional experience and also serves as coordinator of the Artificial Intelligence Commission of the Venezuelan College of Radiology, specified the benefits of using this software in medicine.

With the software, unnecessary biopsies are reduced, in the month against breast cancer, it should be noted that one in eight women may have breast cancer in the course of their lives. The risk is higher in Hispanic or Afro-descendant women, hence the importance of mammography after 35 years of age.

To reduce the risk of breast cancer, it is recommended to: Eat a balanced diet high in fiber, exercise for at least 30 minutes a day, avoid cigarettes and alcohol, among others.

Mazo News Team