AI Can Identify Men Who Don’t Need Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer
- AI analyzes biological patterns in cancer cells to determine hormone therapy necessity
- Hormone therapy only benefits certain men, according to doctors
- AI suggests that 60% of patients prescribed hormone therapy don’t require it
Recent advancements in AI technology have the potential to save thousands of men from unnecessary prostate cancer treatment and the resulting side effects.
Currently, men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer undergoing radiotherapy are also prescribed hormone therapy, lasting from six months to three years. However, AI algorithms can now analyze biological patterns in cancer cells derived from individual men’s biopsies at the time of diagnosis to determine whether hormone therapy would benefit them.
This breakthrough in AI can result in spared side effects, such as fatigue, hot flushes, reduced muscle strength, weight gain around the waist, and changes in sexual function (such as a low libido or erectile problems) associated with hormone therapy.
Medical professionals now understand that hormone therapy, which inhibits the male sex hormones fueling tumor growth, only provides benefits for certain individuals.
The AI suggests 60 per cent of those currently prescribed hormone therapy should not be given it
Although side effects can vary and improve over time, many men still struggle with them. According to AI analysis, 60% of patients currently prescribed hormone therapy do not require it.
For these men, radiotherapy alone is sufficient to cure their cancer, eliminating the need for additional treatment and reducing
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