AI as a means to prevent cancer, the need for Medical Data
Cancer was the second leading cause of death, after heart disease, in the United States in 2020 1, and although its mortality is decreasing over the course of the decades (from 196.5 to 144.1 deaths per 100,000 population from 2001 to 2020 2), there is still plenty of margin of improvement. For example, lung cancer alone is responsible for two million deaths worldwide in 2019. About 75% of those who have it, die within five years of diagnosis. But the