Mass General Brigham's FAHR-Face AI estimates cancer survival risk from a photo
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Mass General Brigham researchers built FAHR-Face, an AI model trained on more than 40 million facial photographs, to estimate biological age and predict cancer survival from a single photo.
In a study of US cancer patients treated with radiotherapy, those who looked five or more years older had a 21% higher risk of dying over an average four-year follow-up. Details were published in the Lancet Digital Health journal. Doctors say more research is needed before the tool can be widely used.
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- The Guardian · AINewsMass General Brigham AI estimates cancer survival risk from a patient selfie
AIMass General Brigham researchers built FAHR-Face, an AI model trained on more than 40 million facial photographs, to estimate biological age and predict cancer survival from a single photo. Among US cancer patients treated with radiotherapy, those who looked five or more years older had a 21% higher risk of dying over an average four-year follow-up. Doctors say more research is needed before the tool can be widely used.
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