Search Tag: cancer progression

IMAGING Management

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

Cardiology Management

Beta-blockers-may-have-anticancer-properties

2015 27 Aug

According a new study published in Cancer, certain drugs taken to improve heart health may have anticancer properties.  Stress hormones are believed to stimulate cancer to grow and spread. Beta blockers, commonly used for hypertension and other heart-related conditions, are believed to affect the body's stress response and thus have an impact on...Read more