{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/nyu-drp-ai-model-predicts-breast-cancer-risk","json":"https://digestai.news/story/nyu-drp-ai-model-predicts-breast-cancer-risk.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/nyu-drp-ai-model-predicts-breast-cancer-risk.md","slug":"nyu-drp-ai-model-predicts-breast-cancer-risk","headline":"NYU-DRP AI Model Predicts Breast Cancer Risk","summary":"NYU Langone Health has developed the NYU-DRP model, a deep learning tool that estimates five-year breast cancer risk from longitudinal digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) mammograms. This study, published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, found that the NYU-DRP model outperformed single-timepoint DBT models and clinical risk models like the Tyrer-Cuzick model. The tool uses a woman's age, breast density, and longitudinal DBT examinations to predict future cancer risk. The study covered 313,531 yearly mammograms from 161,165 women without breast cancer between 2016 and 2020. The NYU-DRP model achieved a five-year AUC of 0.721 in an independent test set of 34,570 examinations, outperforming the single-timepoint DBT model (AUC: 0.707) and the Mirai model (AUC: 0.687). The study highlights that repeated mammograms contain information about a woman's future breast cancer risk not fully captured by either breast density or a single mammogram on its own, potentially aiding in more personalized screening strategies.","keyPoints":["NYU-DRP AI model predicts five-year breast cancer risk from longitudinal DBT mammograms","Achieved AUC of 0.721 in independent test set, outperforming other models","Uses patient age and breast density alongside longitudinal DBT examinations"],"whyItMatters":"The NYU-DRP model could help tailor screening to individual risk levels, reducing unnecessary tests for low-risk individuals.","category":{"slug":"models","name":"Generative AI & Models","url":"https://digestai.news/category/models"},"entities":{"companies":["NYU Langone Health","Hologic Inc."],"models":["NYU-DRP"],"people":["Yanqi Xu","Yiqiu \"Artie\" Shen"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-10T10:45:01Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T10:45:01Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"Unite.AI","title":"NYU-DRP AI Model Predicts Five-Year Breast Cancer Risk From 3D Mammograms","url":"https://unite.ai/nyu-drp-ai-model-predicts-five-year-breast-cancer-risk-from-3d-mammograms","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T10:45:01Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"NYU-DRP AI Model Predicts Breast Cancer Risk\", 10 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/nyu-drp-ai-model-predicts-breast-cancer-risk","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"NYU-DRP AI Model Predicts Breast Cancer Risk","datePublished":"2026-09-10T10:45:01Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/nyu-drp-ai-model-predicts-breast-cancer-risk"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}