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M.i.t trying to revolutionize cancer detection. meet sybil, the name inspired by the oracles of ancient greece. >> we developed sybil, an algorithm that is able to tell who might be at risk for lung cancer one, three, five years down the road. >> reporter: lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the u.s., killing more than 127,000 a year. the mass gen m.i.t. study find that sybil could accurately predict whether a person will develop lung cancer in the next year, up to 94% of the tim...