How AI Is Changing Cancer Care | Mayo Clinic Health Matters Podcast

Can artificial intelligence help doctors detect cancer earlier and find the right treatment faster? And what role should AI play when the stakes are as high as a cancer diagnosis? In this episode of Health Matters, Mayo Clinic radiologist Matthew Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D., explains how AI is transforming cancer research, detection and treatment. He shares how Mayo Clinic researchers are studying AI to identify pancreatic cancer earlier, personalize treatment decisions and uncover patterns in medical data that humans may not be able to see. You'll learn: • How AI could help detect pancreatic cancer earlier • How AI may help personalize cancer treatment • Why doctors and AI can be more powerful working together • How AI could help address gaps in medical research • Why accuracy, validation and clinical trials are critical • How Mayo Clinic approaches bias, ethics and patient choice • Why the human connection remains essential in healthcare • What AI could mean for the future of cancer care worldwide AI isn't replacing physicians. Instead, these tools could give healthcare teams new ways to identify disease, understand individual patients and make more informed treatment decisions — while keeping the needs of the patient at the center of care. Looking for more Health Matters episodes? Explore the full podcast library: https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/podcas... 0:00 AI and the future of cancer care 1:55 How AI is used in cancer research 2:49 Detecting pancreatic cancer earlier with AI 7:28 How Mayo Clinic is developing AI tools 11:27 What AI can see that humans can’t 13:35 Using AI to personalize cancer treatment 16:32 AI, clinical trials and overlooked populations 19:57 How accurate are AI tools in healthcare? 21:49 Why AI won’t replace doctors 23:23 Keeping the human touch in AI-powered care 28:19 The future of AI in healthcare 31:17 Understanding the risks of medical AI 34:14 AI ethics, safeguards and bias 36:11 How AI could improve early diagnosis 37:16 AI and breast cancer screening 39:02 The future of AI and cancer care