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Machine Learning Tool Offers Insight Into Cancer Treatment for Older Patients

NCI-funded researchers used a machine learning approach to identify patients who were most likely to benefit, or have adverse effects, from cancer treatment late in life.

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Deep Learning Model Helps Tailor Screening Protocol for Lung Cancer Risk

NCI-funded researchers collaborated with scientists from NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics and Division of Cancer Prevention on a study using a deep learning model to prioritize screening for lung cancer.

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New Tool Facilitates Data Sharing from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Screening Study

The PLCO Atlas allows investigators to browse and access germline genetic association data from the PLCO Screening Study via the Genome-Wide Association Study Explorer.

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Take on Cancer's Toughest Challenges with These 3 Data Science-Oriented Funding Opportunities

Submit your expression of interest to transform cancer research with help from data science tools and methodologies. “Cancer Grand Challenges,” a global initiative founded by NCI and Cancer Research UK, announced new research challenges to address how we prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.

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Radiologists at Center of AI Systems for Better Cancer Diagnoses

An NCI-funded project wants to increase diagnostic accuracy, reduce missed cancer diagnoses, and improve public health by changing the design of artificial intelligence (AI) medical systems to work with radiologists.

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Apply for Administrative Supplements to Support Collaborations to Improve the AI/ML-Readiness of NIH-Supported Data

Check out this updated Notice of Special Interest if you’re interested in supplemental funds for activities that will make NIH-supported data usable for artificial intelligence and machine learning analytics!

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NCI-Funded Challenge Advances Artificial Intelligence for Cancer Detection

Discover how the algorithms produced in this challenge performed in detecting breast cancer.

Funding Opportunity

Apply for Supplemental Support to Develop Software Tools for Open Science

Are you working on software tools to promote open science in cancer research? NCI has issued a Notice of Special Interest offering supplemental funding for work in this area. The application due date is May 9, 2023.

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NCI Data Science at the 2023 AACR Annual Meeting

Planning your itinerary for this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting? Want to make sure you catch the NCI-affiliated data science activities? We’ve put together a helpful reference page for you!

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Apply for Supplemental Support for Enhancing NIH Cloud Research

Apply by April 11 for administrative supplemental funding to explore and test new opportunities for leveraging cloud-based solutions for NIH-funded research.

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