The Lancet Digital Health
Face-photo predictions linked to mortality in cancer patients
In patients with cancer, the survival model’s highest-risk quarter had more than triple the relative mortality risk of the lowest-risk quarter.In patients with cancer, the survival model’s highest-risk quarter had more than triple the relative mortality risk of the lowest-risk quarter.
Cohort studyAI & data
Who was studiedPatients with cancer, against patients in the lowest-risk quartile
What changedPatients in the model’s highest-risk quartile had more than triple the mortality of those in its lowest-risk quartile
The catchThe study assessed prediction, not whether using the models improves care or survival