Alibaba AI Detects Deadly Cancers Doctors Miss, Saves Lives in China

• Alibaba's AI model, PANDA, is successfully detecting pancreatic cancer early, often before symptoms appear.
• The AI uses low-detail noncontrast CT scans, bridging a gap where traditional methods are either too risky or not detailed enough.
• In a clinical trial at Affiliated People’s Hospital of Ningbo University, PANDA analyzed over 180,000 scans.
• It identified about two dozen pancreatic cancer cases, with 14 detected at an early, treatable stage.
• Doctors credit the AI with saving lives by flagging cases initially missed by human review, like Qiu Sijun's.

Why It Matters: Alibaba's PANDA AI revolutionizes early pancreatic cancer detection, improving survival chances.