Search Tag: Oncology
The Lingering Effects of COVID-19
2020 18 Sep
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic in March of 2020. Since that time, the virus has caused chaos in most countries around the globe, leading to social distancing and economic challenges. To combat the spread of the virus, reduce morbidity and mortality, and prevent the healthcare systems from collapsing, many governments... Read more
COVID-19: Opportunity to Reduce Low-Value Practices in Oncology
2020 09 Jul
COVID-19 has brought significant challenges to the practice of oncology. In order to prevent the transmission of infection, patient flow to cancer centres and hospitals has been reduced and in-person visits are being substituted with electronic and/or telehealth consultations. The frequency of follow-up visits has also been reduced as has surveillance... Read more
From Breast Cancer Diagnosis to Treatment Plan in the Same Place, Same Team, Same Day
2020 09 Mar
The time between a suspicious screening mammogram and a diagnosis and treatment plan can be weeks, leading to stress and anxiety for women. A hospital in France developed a unique one-stop breast cancer clinic that can confirm a positive finding, including biopsy, and provide a treatment plan, in one day, in one place, for most women with suspicious... Read more
AI and Pharma: What's Ahead?
2020 24 Feb
Precision medicine, also called personalised medicine, makes use of genomics as well as data about the patient's lifestyle and environment, to develop targeted therapies. The precision medicine market has shown rapid growth in recent years – by more than 10% annually – thanks in large part to advances in bioinformatics. Medical experts... Read more
European Conference on Interventional Oncology - ECIO 2020
2020 02 Nov
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Nuclear Cardiology: Molecular Insights into the Heart
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Nuclear cardiology is a promising field located between research, imaging, and patient care. Through close interdisciplinary cooperation, a variety of cardiovascular diseases (eg coronary artery, inflammatory and infiltrative cardiac diseases) can not only be investigated, but also efficiently treated in daily clinical routine. What... Read more
AI Tool Uses Radiology Reports for Cancer Outcomes
2019 30 Jul
Researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool which is just as effective as their human counterparts in gathering information on cancer progression from unstructured radiology reports. The study published in JAMA Oncology showed how AI could not only distinguish cancer presence and the outcomes... Read more
RSNA Spotlight Course: Tendências e perspectivas em radiologia oncológica
2019 27 Sep
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ESTRO 39 Conference 2020
2020 31 Jul
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERMS TO JUL 31ST - AUG 4TH Find ESTRO on Social Media Read more