Mayo Clinic AI Detects Pancreatic Cancer Up to 3 Years Before Diagnosis — Nearly Doubles Specialist Detection Rate

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Mayo Clinic's REDMOD (radiomics-based early detection model) identifies pancreatic cancer on routine abdominal CT scans up to 3 years before clinical diagnosis. In validation, REDMOD spotted the most common form of pancreatic cancer ~16 months before diagnosis in nearly 75% of cases — nearly double the rate of specialists without AI. Pancreatic cancer has <15% five-year survival because 85%+ of patients are diagnosed after it spreads. The story hit r/artificial (65↑) and was covered by NBC News, Bloomberg, and Fox News.