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Large Language Models Help Match Patients to Clinical Trials

Learn how NIH and NCI researchers developed TrialGPT, an artificial intelligence algorithm that could help clinicians connect patients to clinical trial opportunities more efficiently.

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NCI-Funded Researchers Develop Transformer Model to Decipher Whole Slide Images

NCI-funded researchers developed a new model called “SEQUOIA” that’s helping capture detailed data from whole slide images. See how this technology could someday be the solution to better biopsies.

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FastGlioma Offers a Look at What NCI Funding is Doing for Cancer Care

Explore a new artificial intelligence model for detecting gliomas in tissue samples during brain surgeries.

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Podcast Covers NCI’s Support for Women via AI Startups

Listen to how NCI’s Small Business Innovation Research program is funding technology to enhance breast cancer detection and prevention.

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NCI Researchers Test Generalizability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model

The hallmark of a good AI model is its ability to work the same in different groups, settings, and situations. See how these NCI researchers used in-house and external images to test their prostate model’s generalizability.

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NCI Researchers Reflect on the Cancer Informatics Field

Want to learn more about bioinformatics? Tap into these two newly published articles to see what some prominent researchers are saying about the field and where it’s headed.

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ARPA-H Biomedical Data Fabric (BDF) Toolbox Program Announces Awardees

Construction of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s (ARPA-H’s) BDF Toolbox program is well underway. ARPA-H has awarded contracts to nearly 20 teams—representing academia, nonprofits, and commercial organizations—who are tackling a broad range of projects, many of which are directly related to cancer research.

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NCI Funding Helps Bring New AI-Aided Device for Glioblastoma to Market

Thanks to funding from NCI’s Small Business Innovation Research program, a new tool recently received FDA clearance. See how this cyber device could help you with artificial intelligence (AI)-guided glioblastoma segmentation.

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AI, Genomics, and Clinical Data Help Track Cancer’s Evolution Over Time

An international team of researchers combined genomics, biopsy results, and artificial intelligence (AI) to track prostate cancer over time. Learn more about these “evolvability” metrics and how they could someday help predict cancer re-occurrence.

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NCI Study Shows Promise of Machine Learning’s Role in Personalized Cancer Treatment

NCI-funded researchers are blending mathematics with machine learning to refine cancer treatment. In the future, this kind of virtual tumor model could help to further personalize care for people with cancer.

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