The Right Tempo for Cancer Screening

Tempo, an AI-based tool developed by Regina Barzilay, tailors breast cancer screening guidelines to a patient’s individual risk. A study of hospital datasets published in Nature Medicine showed that Tempo worked most efficiently when paired with the team’s risk-assessment algorithm Mirai, detecting cancer earlier while recommending fewer screenings overall. The technology’s dynamic framework is designed to make cancer screenings more cost-effective and equitable.