Dr. Barry Dworkin

How a photo of a person’s face could help predict whether they’ll survive cancer treatment smacks of craniometry and phrenology and the historical disaster and harm to people that resulted from this pseudoscience.

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 23, 2026

Source:
How a photo of a person’s face could help predict whether they’ll survive cancer treatment

Reference:
Foundation artificial intelligence models for health recognition by use of face photographs (FAHR-Face): a model development and validation study

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