Iranian Scientists Use AI Algorithm to Accurately Detect Cancer Tissue
Sadeq Kazzemi Fard, the manager of this project, described the high accuracy of diagnosis as one of the advantages of this method, and said, “The artificial intelligence algorithm developed by identifying cancer tissue in the early stages enables doctors to prevent the spread of the disease.”
“Sina artificial intelligence model has been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and will be available to medical and research centers from the beginning of 2025,” he added.
“In its latest clinical trial, Sina artificial intelligence algorithm once again demonstrated its ability to accurately diagnose cancer and was able to identify a cancerous mass in the breast tissue of a young woman, which was mistakenly diagnosed as a cyst in the initial tests,” Kazzemi Fard said.
“This patient, who was diagnosed with suspected cancer in routine examinations, was accurately identified with the help of artificial intelligence and mammography of the cancer tissue in two places, and the disease was confirmed with a biopsy, and the treatment process began for the patient,” he explained.
In a relevant development in May, a researcher at the Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) in Iran had also designed and produced electrochemical biosensors for the early detection of microRNAs that are involved in breast cancer.
“Designing and manufactureing of electrochemical biosensors for early detection of microRNAs involved in breast cancer in a microfluidic platform” was the title of the PhD thesis done by Jalil Parchekani Choozaki at the Tehran-based Tarbiat Modares University (TMU).
Parchekani, who has a PhD in Biophysics from the TMU explained about his dissertation’s topic, saying, “Discovering a method to prevent cancer and early detection of it has always been of great importance.”
“Late detection of cancer can result in its spread to other body parts and infect other tissues through the metastasis, which takes place through the lymphatic or blood vessels to distant sites. When metastasis occurs, the treatment becomes very difficult as it becomes a malignancy,” the TMU researcher said.
He further noted that according to the World Health Organization’s statistics, breast cancer along with lung cancer are the most prevalent cancers among people worldwide, adding that the breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among Iranian women.
Perchakani went on to recall that breast cancer can be seen in both women and men, but its prevalence is much higher in women than in men.
“One out of every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, but men make up only 1% of all breast cancer cases,” the TMU researcher further said.
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