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Moreover, some subtle lesions of the knee joint may easily be overlooked by radiologists with insufficient experience.

"AI programs can help determine quickly what type of disease it is, what subtype of tumor and what particular grade it is, in addition to helping track the progress of a lesion during treatment."

For the research, the team administered questionnaires to 147 men and women who had responded to newspaper ads after identifying suspicious lesions on their skin.

The twelfth monkey died on Tuesday and early results indicated that it too had "similar lesions... in the tissues of its organs", officials said.

But she said a lesion remains on her bowel and she is likely to need further surgery.