New AI foundation model can detect rare cancers – but needs digital support to proliferate

Virchow, developed by New York based digital pathology company Paige, is one of the largest image-based AI foundation models for detecting cancer. Born out of a partnership between Paige and Microsoft Research, Virchow has mastered the complexities of diagnosing small, complex and rare cancers to give pathologists a level of insight into detecting and diagnosing cancer that previously was not possible.

Rare cancers, which represent more than 50% of all cancers, have been exceptionally hard to diagnose. Considering more than 70% of cancers occurring in children and adolescents are previously undetectable rare cancers, the impact of the model's ability to identify these cancers and cancer features with 94% accuracy, according to the company, is significant and has the potential to affect hundreds of thousands of people's lives.
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