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New NCI-Supported Platform for Open Data Challenges

Explore a resource that lets you search for data challenges that address areas of unmet medical need!

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Tell Us if NCI Cancer Research Data Commons’ Data are Compatible with AI

NCI wants your input to help determine how compatible NCI’s Cancer Research Data Commons is with artificial intelligence applications. Explore this request for information to learn how to contribute!

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Using AI to Assess Body Composition Could Help in Cancer Care

In a recent study, NCI-funded researchers applied an artificial intelligence model to lung screening computed tomography images to assess body composition. The team used two key indicators of health—skeletal muscle and fat (adipose) tissue—to predict death from lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other causes.

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NCI SBIR Award Helps Company Use AI to Assess Cancerous Skin Lesions

With the help of an NCI SBIR grant, Enspectra Health, Inc., is blending deep learning algorithms with existing imaging technology to create a new way of obtaining a virtual biopsy.

NCI-funded researchers used artificial intelligence to develop an accurate cancer estimation map for defining tumor margins. They found their model outperformed conventional estimates of tumor margins using imaging alone.

Using Artificial Intelligence to Map Prostate Tumors

NCI-funded researchers used artificial intelligence to develop an accurate cancer estimation map for defining tumor margins. They found their model outperformed conventional estimates of tumor margins using imaging alone.

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Addressing Racial and Ethnic Bias in Algorithms that Predict Colorectal Cancer Risk

NCI-funded researchers looked at the impact of racial and ethnic bias on algorithms that help clinicians make more informed decisions when caring for patients with colorectal cancer. They found that removing the race and ethnicity variable could lead to higher bias in the model’s performance.

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New AI Model Exceeds Standard Breast Cancer Prediction

In an NCI-funded study, mammography artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms generated a five-year breast cancer prediction that was better than a clinical risk model.

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NCI Grant Supports Artificial Intelligence for Breast Cancer Research

How can artificial intelligence assist in treating breast cancer? Learn more about the $3.3 million NCI grant awarded to help advance research into drug therapy.

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Deep Learning Tool Predicts Risk for Pancreatic Cancer

NCI-funded researchers collaborated with scientists from Denmark to develop a deep learning tool for predicting risk for pancreatic cancer, an aggressive cancer that’s difficult to diagnose in the early stages of disease.

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Submit Your Data Research Proposals to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity

Are you using cancer data or other emerging technologies to address health disparities? Maybe you’re a researcher from a minority or underrepresented group working in cancer data science? If so, NIH has new funding opportunities to help you in your work and make a difference in addressing inequities in public health and biomedical research.

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