Artificial intelligence in oncology OUPblog

There is no denying the presence of computers in our everyday life, whether it's through phones, personal virtual assistants such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa, or video games. Lately, the interest and development surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) has escalated, and the opportunities to embrace this within the healthcare industry seem to be growing. I'm not talking about conventional robots--although robotic assisted surgery is on the rise--but the inclusion of high-speed, deep learning computers to aid diagnosis and treatment. The growth of medical knowledge is far from slowing and is expected to double every 73 days by 2020. In 2017, in excess of over 80,000 oncology papers were published, according to indexing service Web of Science.