Nice recommends use of AI in NHS radiotherapy treatment in England

Nine technologies approved for carrying out external beam radiotherapy in lung, prostate and colorectal cancers

Patients in England having radiotherapy are likely to have part of their treatment performed with the aid of artificial intelligence after its use to help NHS clinicians was recommended for the first time.

Draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has given approval to nine AI technologies for performing external beam radiotherapy in lung, prostate and colorectal cancers, in a move it believes could save radiographers hundreds of thousands of hours and help relieve the severe pressure" on radiotherapy departments.