Delhi: AIIMS to check for uterine cancer with artificial intelligence device, will speed up screening of women

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS) Delhi is working with Artificial Intelligence Device (Artificial Intelligence) for early detection of potential patients for uterine cancer. With the help of this, screening of women can be done in a better way even in less staff, which will be beneficial for the screening of women in remote areas of the country. In fact, the Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI) has set a target of making the country free of uterine cancer by the year 2030. Under this, work is being done to intensify the screening in the country and to make it accessible to the people.

Professor Neerja Bhatla, Head of the Department of Gynecology, AIIMS, said that the trial of the device is still going on. The device is capable of taking multiple high quality pictures of the uterus at the same time. AIIMS doctors are feeding data into the device by identifying images that may be at risk of uterine cancer. After this, the artificial intelligence present in it can detect itself through the pictures taken, which changes visible on the face of the woman’s uterus are indicating cancer. The investigation so far has yielded fairly accurate results. Dr Neerja said that now battery operated colposcope machines have also come in the market, so that even in the village countryside, uterine cancer can be investigated.

Indigenous vaccine will be ten times cheaper

The indigenous vaccine prepared for the prevention of uterine cancer can be ten times cheaper than the currently available vaccine. It is likely to be available from next month. About 1.2 lakh women in the country get cancer of the uterus every year. Of this, 65 percent of women die. To protect against this cancer, there is a vaccine against HPV in the market. Which is quite expensive. FOGSI President Dr Shanta Kumari said that the biggest cause of uterine cancer is HPV virus. To prevent this, girls from 9 to 15 years can be vaccinated. During this, he has also set a target to eliminate uterine cancer by 2030. For this, 90 percent of girls up to 15 years of age have been targeted to be vaccinated against HPV virus by 2030.

Testing has to be done after 30

Dr. Bhatla said that every woman after the age of 30 should be screened for uterine cancer. It is the most common cancer in women between the ages of 30 and 35. Its examination also reveals the pre-cancer stage. Cancer can be detected by screening 5-10 years before it occurs.