AI Model Developed by Mass General Brigham Predicts Cancer Mortality from Facial Photographs

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed an AI model, FAHR-FaceSurvival, capable of predicting mortality risk in cancer patients using facial photographs. The study, published in The Lancet Digital Health, found that patients with the highest FAHR-FaceSurvival scores had a 50% mortality rate within 90 days, significantly higher than the 2% for those with the lowest scores. This technology builds on previous work that estimated biological age from facial images.