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FDA Grants Breakthrough Status to Prognosia’s AI Mammogram Risk Tool

By fast-tracking FDA review, Prognosia Breast moves toward clinical trials designed to embed personalized risk scoring into standard mammograms.

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Overview

  • Prognosia Breast uses machine learning on 2D and 3D images to generate a personalized five-year breast cancer risk score from routine mammograms.
  • Developed at Washington University and licensed to Prognosia Inc., the tool is reported to predict risk over two times more accurately than questionnaire-based methods.
  • The FDA’s Breakthrough Device designation, awarded July 30, initiates an expedited review pathway toward full market approval.
  • A clinical trial at Siteman Cancer Center will assess how integrating the AI-derived risk scores with standard screening impacts early detection.
  • Risk scores of 3% or higher will trigger specialist referrals in accordance with ASCO and USPSTF preventive oncology guidelines.