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The benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical space are constantly increasing, but the evidence indicates that it can also come with risks.
A new study conducted by European researchers achieved how Amnesty International can change the behavior of endoscopic scientists when the colon endoscopy, and how their performance decreases when artificial intelligence is not used.
The research followed doctors in four endoscopy centers in Poland participating in acceptance (artificial intelligence in colonoscopy for cancer prevention), where Amnesty International tools were provided to detect cellops at the end of 2021.
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Colonoscopy in these centers was chosen randomly to be managed with or without the help of Amnesty International.
The researchers measured the quality of the colonoscopy by comparing the identification of tumors (also known as the average detection of the benign tumor, or ADR) three months before the implementation of artificial intelligence.
A study discovered that doctors who used artificial intelligence in colonoscopy became worse in the discovery of cancer themselves. (Istock)
From September 2021 to March 2022, 1,443 patients underwent unintended colonoscopy before and after the introduction of artificial intelligence.
The study found that the tumor detection rate decreased “significantly”, from 28.4 % before exposure from artificial intelligence to 22.4 % after exposure to artificial intelligence.
The results were published in Lancet Gastroenterology and QuPatology.
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According to researchers’ analysis, the exposure to the IQ Agency, the sex of the patient and the age of “independent factors” associated with the rate of selecting the tumor.
The researchers concluded that “the continuous exposure to the AI may reduce the ADR from the unintended normative colonoscopy, indicating a negative impact on endoscopic behavior.”

Research determined a 6 % decrease in detection rates during unplanned colonoscopy. (Istock)
“This study is” an important work. “
“This study highlights a paradox in medicine: artificial intelligence can help us discover cancer, but it may also weaken the doctor’s ability to see what matters when the tool is not available,” he said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
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Castro stressed that even a 1 % change can affect colon cancer survival for “thousands of patients”, which makes low detection rates by 6 %.
“Even small changes in detection of a benign tumor can convert the results of cancer,” he said. “The decrease in a few percentage points is meaningful at the population level.”
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The expert recommends integrating artificial intelligence “wisely” instead of avoiding all of this together.
“As a doctor, I think artificial intelligence is one of the most powerful tools that we have to improve detection and rescue lives,” said Castro.

“Even small changes in the discovery of a benign tumor can convert the results of cancer,” said the doctor and artificial intelligence expert. “The decrease in a few percentage points is meaningful at the population level.” (Istock)
“At the same time, this study reminds us of a simple fact: medicine is still a human profession. The doctor’s eye, judgment and identification of patterns are still indispensable.”
Castro commented that the right path forward with artificial intelligence in medicine is a balance, and its design to reinforce doctors instead of weakness.
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“This requires training, supervision and deliberate design,” he said.
“The best future in which technology and humanity works alongside, a doctor’s machine as well as ensuring the safest and most effective care.”
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2025-08-21 14:52:00