What You Should Know: - PreciseDx®, a leader in AI-powered diagnostics for oncology, announces a crucial collaboration with UCLA's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. - The research initiative focuses on evaluating PreciseDx's innovative tool, PreciseBreast™, for its ability to accurately assess the risk of recurrence in patients diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Why Focus on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer? TNBC Challenges: Accounting for
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Breast Cancer
Lunit Acquires AI-Enabled Breast Cancer Detection Platform Volpara for $193M
What You Should Know: - South Korean AI leader Lunit has announced its intention to acquire Volpara, a global pioneer in AI-powered cancer detection software, in a landmark deal worth AUD 292M (USD 193M). - Beyond market presence, it's Volpara's deep knowledge and extensive data that truly sets it apart. With over 100 million high-quality mammogram images in its repository, Volpara offers a treasure trove of insights that will supercharge Lunit's AI capabilities and pave the way for
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RSNA23: iCAD, GE HealthCare Integrate to Advance Breast Cancer Detection with AI
What You Should Know: - iCAD, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICAD), a provider of medical technology and innovative cancer-detection solutions, announced that its ProFound Breast Health Suite will be integrated into GE HealthCare’s new MyBreastAI Suite offering. - This integration coincides with GE HealthCare’s and iCAD’s presence at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago as it unveils new research evaluating its ProFound AI in breast cancer risk detection and heart
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Why AI Can Potentially Revolutionize Breast Cancer Detection
Breast cancer awareness is essential for early detection, which is critical for improving survival rates and reducing the burden of this disease. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but education and awareness should not be limited to just one month of the year. A large portion of the global population will experience or be impacted by breast cancer; one in eight women will face a diagnosis in their lives, and this affects both them and their families. Exciting advancements in the realm
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Intelerad, Densitas Partner on AI-Powered Breast Cancer Screenings
What You Should Know: - Densitas®, a provider of artificial intelligence solutions for breast cancer screening, announced a strategic partnership with Intelerad Medical Systems®, a provider of medical imaging software and services to advance AI-driven breast cancer screening. - This partnership strengthens clinical decision-making, increases operational efficiencies, reduces costs, and improves mammography quality and mammography facility adherence with MQSA EQUIP
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Ibex Launches Breast Cancer Biomarker Diagnostic Platform
What You Should Know: Ibex Medical Analytics launches Galen Breast HER2™, a novel breast cancer AI-powered biomarker scoring solution developed in collaboration with AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, to support improved patient outcomes.Galen Breast HER2 is an AI-powered biomarker scoring solution to aid pathologists with reproductible HER2 assessment for breast cancer. The platform allows clinicians to rapidly and accurately identify patients with HER2-low who would benefit from
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Q/A: Dr. Johnson Talks Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Care
What You Should Know: - A recent study published in JAMA found that conventional genomic tests commonly used for breast cancer tumors can be less accurate for Black women. This news comes at a time when Black women with breast cancer are experiencing mortality rates that are 41% higher than white women. - Dr. Nathalie Johnson, MD FACS and President of The American Society of Breast Cancer Surgeons is among numerous doctors who advocate for Agendia and its tests which look beyond race,
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Maribel Health Raises $25M to Create the Future of Advanced Care at Home
What You Should Know: - Maribel Health, a turnkey partner for health systems looking to design, build, and operate a full continuum of advanced home and community services, announced today the completion of a $25 million Series A funding round led by General Catalyst. - The new funding will be used to accelerate growth with Maribel's initial partners, to attract and onboard the talent required to serve its collaborators worldwide and to support continued
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H1 Launches Advanced Diversity and Clinical Trial Performance Insights
What You Should Know: - H1, the connecting force for global healthcare provider, clinical, science, and research information, today announced the availability of indication-level diversity insights in addition to institution, provider, and patient diversity data within its Trial Landscape solution. - Additionally, H1 has successfully onboarded its first customer – a top 20 pharmaceutical company – onto the H1 Data Network, a new solution that aggregates sponsor-contributed site and
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Why Researchers Should Explore New Apps of Machine Learning
As the amount of real-world data (RWD) in the pharmaceutical industry continues to grow, so does the usage of machine learning (ML) to analyze that data and gain insights. In fact, in a recent survey, 95% of life sciences executives said they expect to utilize ML in the next few years to generate real-world evidence (RWE) from this data. With such a large and growing volume of data available, researchers may be wondering how they can take advantage of all of it to enhance and expand the
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