NHS urged to prioritise cancer care basics over tech and AI ‘magic bullets’
by Anna Bawden Health and social affairs corresponden from Science | The Guardian on (#6P2M7)
Health service is at tipping point, say experts, and novel solutions' have been wrongly hyped
The NHS must concentrate on the basics of cancer treatment rather than the magic bullets" of novel technologies and artificial intelligence, or risk the health of thousands of patients, experts have warned.
In a paper published in the journal Lancet Oncology, nine leading cancer doctors and academics say the NHS is at a tipping point in cancer care with survival rates lagging behind many other developed countries.
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