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AI REDMOD Detects Pancreatic Cancer 16 Months Early, Beats Radiologists

5/1/2026

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Researchers at Mayo Clinic and MD Anderson Cancer Center built REDMOD, an AI that flags pancreatic cancer on CT scans.
REDMOD, trained on 969 scans, correctly flagged 46 of 63 pre-diagnosis scans (73 percent) versus radiologists’ 38.9 percent detection.
The AI identified cancer about 16 months earlier on average and generated 81 false-positive alerts among 430 healthy controls.

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Researchers at Mayo Clinic and MD Anderson Cancer Center built REDMOD, an AI that flags pancreatic cancer on CT scans.
REDMOD, trained on 969 scans, correctly flagged 46 of 63 pre-diagnosis scans (73 percent) versus radiologists’ 38.9 percent detection.
The AI identified cancer about 16 months earlier on average and generated 81 false-positive alerts among 430 healthy controls.