Artificial intelligence smartens up cancer care – Physics World

More people around the world are being diagnosed with cancer every year. Thankfully, researchers and clinicians continue to devise ever more effective and sophisticated techniques to combat the disease, resulting in better patient outcomes and improved survival rates for most forms of cancer. But both of these important trends have created a data challenge in the clinic: how to collect, process and analyse increasing amounts of data to extract the useful information that will deliver the most effective treatment plans and the best outcomes for patients. Artificial intelligence is emerging as a vital tool to tackle this data deluge. Using computer algorithms to search for important signals in the noise can reduce treatment times, improve the quality of care, and make the best use of valuable resources.