According to Dr. Matthew Schabath, associate member in the Cancer Epidemiology Department at Moffitt Cancer Center and senior and corresponding author of this study, the goal of cancer screening is to detect cancers at earlier stages where treatment with surgery can be curative. However, not all early stages are the same.

So, the scientists have developed a model based on radiomics Trusted Source where data from various medical imaging processes, such as MRIs and CT scans, combine to help healthcare professionals better identify high-risk versus low-risk tumors in patients.