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A hospital in China is testing a new artificial-intelligence-powered tool to detect pancreatic cancer in non-contrast CTs.
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Vivian Wang
BEIJING – Three days after Mr Qiu Sijun, a retired bricklayer in eastern China, went for a routine diabetes check-up, he received a call from a doctor he had not met before.
The latter, the head of the hospital’s pancreatic department, wanted him to come in for a follow-up.
