Will AI put skin cancer doctors out of work? This dermatologist says no
Professor Victoria Mar said AI could be ‘an efficient filter system so dermatologists and GPs will see the patients that really need their attention’.
Jokes about the rise of AI often have radiologists at the butt of them, but even as the AI hype grows, radiologists remain in business.
So, is skin cancer the field under threat?
A Nature Medicine paper showcases PanDerm, an AI tool trained on two million dermoscopic images, pathology slides, and total-body photographs.
The researchers say it can track lesion changes, predict metastasis and diagnose hundreds of skin conditions.
