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A simple facial photograph may hold clues to cancer survival (opens in a new tab)

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    Foundation artificial intelligence models for health recognition by use of face photographs (FAHR-Face): a model development and validation study

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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedA new AI model trained on millions of facial photographs links apparent age and subtle facial features to survival outcomes in cancer patients, opening the door to a potential new way of assessing prognosis.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedA study published in The Lancet Digital Health describes FAHR-Face, an AI foundation model designed to extract prognostic information regarding cancer survival from facial photographs.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedThe researchers developed Foundation Artificial Intelligence for Health Recognition-Face (FAHR-Face), a deep-learning model trained on more than 40 million consumer-grade digital facial photographs.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedThe model was fine-tuned to create FAHR-FaceAge, which estimated age from facial appearance, and FAHR-FaceSurvival, which directly predicted mortality risk in patients with cancer.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedPatients whose faces looked older than their chronological age had poorer survival, and a higher FAHR-FaceSurvival score was associated with poorer survival.View evidenceHide evidence

As statedevery 0.1-point increase in the score was associated with a 17% higher mortality hazard; the highest-risk quartile had more than three times the mortality hazard of the lowest-risk quartile

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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe article says the findings are promising but not yet clinically validated, and that independent prospective validation across diverse populations and settings will be needed before routine use.View evidenceHide evidence

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Improved Survival with Preoperative Radiotherapy in Resectable Rectal Cancer

Oxford Medicine Online · 2017 · Crossref

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10 Hyperthermia added to radiotherapy improves local control and survival in cervix cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology · 2001 · Crossref

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Associations Between G8 Geriatric Screening Score, Charlson Comorbidity Index, AI-Based Age Phenotype, and Overall Survival in Older Adults With Stage I-II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics · 2025 · PubMed, Europe PMC

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