Cancer is good at hiding.
It’s so good that sometimes sick patients are sent home with a clean bill of health.
And screenings don’t always help: A 2013 study by Oxford University found “no evidence” that screening programs are responsible for the decline in breast cancer, and a study by the Huntsman Cancer Institute last year found that colon cancer is missed in about 6% of colonoscopies.
A company is looking to change that margin of error by bringing a super-smart computer into the examination room.
