Article Open access Karthik Adapa , Ashu Gupta , Sandeep Singh , Hitinder Kaur , Abhinav Trikha , Ajoy Sharma & Kumar Rahul npj Digital Medicine 8 , Article number: 2 (2025) Cite this article Metrics Abstract In resource-constrained countries like India, mammography-based breast screening is challenging to implement. This state-wide study, funded by the Government of Punjab, evaluated the use of Thermalytix, a low-cost, radiation-free AI tool, for breast cancer screening. Community health workers, trained to raise awareness, mobilized women aged 30 and above for screening. Thermalytix triaged women into five risk categories based on thermal images, with high-risk women recalled for diagnostic imaging. Over 18 months, 15,069 women were screened across 183 locations in Punjab. The median age was 41 years, and 69.9% were asymptomatic. Of 460 […]
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