Royal Bolton Hospital introduces AI cancer detection technology

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is using artificial intelligence technology in its Endoscopy department after taking part of a nationwide trial.

 © Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

© Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

The COLO-DETECT trial, led by South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, used the GI Genius AI device, which is added to the existing technology used during a colonoscopy.

The findings showed greater effectiveness in detecting tumours that could potentially become cancerous.

The AI equipment accounted for an 8·3% increase in adenoma detection, which could potentially equate to an almost 25% reduction in post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer and a 41–42% reduction in fatal cases.

Principal investigator Salil Singh, a consultant gastroenterologist at the trust, worked alongside numerous research staff, gastroenterology consultants and endoscopists.

Singh said: ‘Given every 1% increase in polyp detection reduces the risk of a fatal colon cancer by 5%, the identification and removal of polyps can have a dramatic effect.

‘We are pleased to have seen this research published in The Lancet and to now be able to offer this service to Bolton patients.'

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