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AI-Driven Software Based Off NIH Algorithm Receives FDA Clearance in Detection and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

An artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) software first developed by code writers’ physicians at NIH has received FDA clearance for the detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer. The tool, called ProstatID, combines AI with traditional MRI scanning.

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NIH Issues RFI for Common Fund Programs: Responses Due September 30

NIH has announced a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit ideas for potential NIH Common Fund programs. Common Fund program categories include Transformational Science and Discovery, Catalytic Data Resources, and Re-engineering the Research Enterprise.

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CBIIT’s Dr. Jay Ronquillo Becomes One of First to Earn AMIA’s Certified Health Informatics Professional Credential

NIH Data and Technology Advancement Scholar Dr. Jay Ronquillo was among the inaugural class earning the AMIA Health Informatics certification. Learn about the benefits of possessing this certification within the fields of health informatics and data science.

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New Data Sets from The Cancer Imaging Archive—See What’s New in Glioblastoma and Colorectal Data

TCIA has released three new data collections for cancer research. The new collections feature data from glioblastoma multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI), a glioblastoma-based MRI Digital Reference Object (DRO), and data from colorectal digital biopsy slides.

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Award-Winning Commitment to Innovation: NCI’s CPTAC and PDC Team Recognized by FedHealthIT

Celebrate the NCI team that recently received a 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award for their commitment to advancing cancer research through work proteomics efforts such as the Proteomic Data Commons.

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Check Out the NCI Childhood Cancer Data Initiative’s (CCDI’s) Newly Launched Molecular Targets Platform

Using this knowledgebase, researchers may search for associations between molecular drug targets, diseases, and drugs specific for childhood cancers.

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Explore the Latest Updates to NCI Thesaurus

NCI Enterprise Vocabulary Services published the latest updates to NCI Thesaurus, which includes data supporting osteosarcoma for the Pediatric Cancer Data Commons and a new value set containing COVID-19 vocabulary.

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Share Feedback on NCI’s Imaging Data Commons

Do you work with imaging data and tools? Share feedback on NCI’s Imaging Data Commons!

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Deadline Extended: Submit Abstracts for the Eighth Computational Approaches for Cancer Workshop by August 16

As the necessity for and availability of large data sets in cancer applications grows, so do the challenges when conducting research and clinical applications with computational solutions. Share your experience with how to address such challenges.

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Acute Myeloid Leukemia Data Set Now Includes Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Data

With funding from NCI’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute have shared new data from pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

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