NCI Explores AI’s Potential for Cancer Screenings

Dr. Katrina Goddard, Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is exploring how it can leverage artificial intelligence to enhance cancer screening techniques, ultimately improving patient outcomes across the nation.
Dr. Katrina Goddard, director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at NCI, explains how her division is leveraging AI, and other innovative solutions like the low-dose CT scan, to better detect lung cancer and enable better access to data.
Goddard also shares details from a recent study that highlighted the major role screenings and prevention have played in decreasing the cancer mortality rates over the past 40 years.
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Dr. Katrina Goddard Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI
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