AI Detects Hidden Bladder Cancer Warning Signs up to 5 Years Before Diagnosis

An AI system detected hidden bladder cancer warning signs up to five years before diagnosis, according to research on a disease that causes about 220,000 deaths worldwide each year. The tool analyzes faint signals accumulating across a patient's medical history, where blood in the urine — the best-known warning sign — can also stem from kidney stones, prostate problems, and other conditions.

Years before bladder cancer is diagnosed, faint warning signs may already be accumulating across a patient’s medical history. Bladder cancer causes about 220,000 deaths worldwide each year, but finding it early remains difficult. Blood in the urine is its best-known warning sign, yet the same symptom can result from kidney stones, prostate problems, and other ...