Expert doctors outperform AI in skin and brain cancer detection

A large international study found that expert dermatologists diagnosed skin cancer more accurately than three AI models, achieving 74.2% correct classifications compared with 72.2% for the best AI system and lower scores for the others. The AI tools matched the performance of less‑experienced physicians but fell short of specialists with over ten years of experience.

In a separate development, German researchers unveiled an AI platform called Heteros that can identify and classify brain tumors in just 12 minutes, a dramatic reduction from the typical 12‑day diagnostic timeline. The system promises faster, more accessible pathology for brain cancer patients, though it is positioned as a support tool rather than a replacement for expert radiologists and oncologists.