AI Spotlight: Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing healthcare in many ways; supporting the screening and diagnosis of cancer is one of the most significant. March is colorectal cancer awareness month, and AI is playing a role in not just early detection but also treatment.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2023 there will be 106,970 new cases of colorectal cancer diagnosed and 52,550 deaths.

This week’s Domain Knowledge shares a collection of clinical articles highlighting the role AI can play in the screening and treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC).

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnosis and Treatment of Colorectal Cancer: A Novel Prospect reviews AI in diagnosing and treating CRC based on a systematic collection of previous literature.

Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey is working to spread awareness that colon cancer can be detected and treated earlier than ever with new technology; find out more in Colon Cancer Awareness Month: How Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now saving more lives for those with potential cancer.

Using AI to diagnose, prognosticate, and predict response to therapy in CRC, is gaining traction and proving to be promising and is detailed in the Role of artificial intelligence in risk prediction, prognostication, and therapy response assessment in colorectal cancer: current state and future directions.

An NIH review, Artificial Intelligence in Colorectal Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment. A New Era provides an in-depth analysis of the AI applications in CRC screening, diagnosis, and treatment based on current literature. 

Artificial intelligence and infrared imaging automatically classify tumors and are faster than previous methods, and are detailed in Integrating AI with infrared imaging to improve colon cancer diagnosis.

That’s a wrap for this week’s review of news and happenings in the healthcare AI space. In closing, I’ll invite you to learn more about the benefits of using an AI Hub to manage multiple applications across your clinical needs and offer you a personal demo of Ferrum’s platform and growing AI catalog.

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