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What’s the best way to determine if a high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patient is likely to have metastasis? Researchers have been busy analyzing genetic variants or other biomarkers for their prognostic value. Since no one factor has emerged as a top predictor, most doctors have relied on up-to date guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer keep reading

To paraphrase a famous poem, “How can AI serve prostate cancer? Let me count the ways.” In some ways, clinical researchers and software engineers have established a solid foundation for applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the detection, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of prostate cancer (PCa). On the other hand, given the oceanic potential, we’ve only keep reading

Aggressive prostate cancer (PCa) comes with higher chances for recurrence—and often there’s no way to know if the PCa has started to spread at the time of treatment. It’s like a time bomb with an unanswered question: has the clock been activated? Therefore, today’s clinical standard of care treats it as if the clock is keep reading

According to Swedish and Dutch experts, there’s often a bias problem in Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs designed to grade prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness. That is, those who develop algorithms that are trained on a particular set of data are also the people who evaluate their accuracy. Where’s the objectivity in that method? There’s a risk keep reading

If you look at an MRI image of a prostate gland, what do you see?     You see different shades of gray that form into various useful features that a radiologist reads and interprets. However, a computer is not a human reader. Therefore, in order to be useful for Artificial Intelligence, the measurable physical keep reading

Did you ever shop for a dozen eggs and open the carton to make sure none are cracked? After assessing they’re all intact, that’s as far as your inspection goes. Now imagine you had x-ray vision, and you could see all 12 yolks in their 3-dimensional glory. You would know if each egg is perfect, keep reading

Your PSA blood test came back abnormally high. Your doctor says you might have prostate cancer (PCa) and wants to do a needle biopsy, but guess what? You have a choice. Either: a) He numbs you up and pokes your prostate gland with needles in order to extract tissue samples, or b) He sends you keep reading

How would you like a tailor-made food plan that told you the healthiest things to eat based entirely on your personal biology? The analysis of what you need, as a unique individual, would be based on things like your gut microbiome, your blood glucose levels, your overall metabolism, your activity level, and so much more. keep reading

If there were an accurate crystal ball, would you want to know your future? And if you knew something bad was going to happen, would you try to take steps to avoid it? The ancient Greek notion that you can’t escape your fate is illustrated by the tragic tale of King Oedipus, who was informed keep reading

There’s an unfounded rumor floating around that Artificial Intelligence (AI) may one day replace radiologists. As a specialty field in medicine, the field is based in imaging, which allows the diagnosis and treatment of injuries and diseases. Today’s imaging techniques include X-rays, computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging keep reading