A new artificial intelligence model can detect signs of pancreatic cancer on CT scans up to three years before a clinical diagnosis, according to a study. The technology, developed by researchers at the Mayo Clinic , identifies “subvisual” patterns in the pancreas that are invisible to the human eye, the study published in the journal Gut found. By the time most patients develop symptoms like abdominal pain or weight loss, the cancer has typically reached an advanced stage. Pancreatic cancer currently has a five-year survival rate of just 13 percent. The AI framework, called Radiomics-based Early Detection MODel, was trained using nearly 1,000 CT scans from patients who were originally screened for unrelated conditions but later developed pancreatic cancer. In a head-to-head comparison with board-certified radiologists, the AI was significantly more effective at spotting early markers of the disease.…