Artificial Intelligence Enhances Oncology

The American Society of Clinical Oncology's Cancer.Net provides "individualized guides for more than 120 types of cancer and related hereditary syndromes." Selecting the right cancer treatment for an individual patient gets even more complex when considering the various diagnostic tests, the wide range of medicines and treatments, and different treatment regimens. With so much information to consider and analyze, artificial intelligence (AI) might be, well, just what the doctor ordered. Although AI might enhance oncology in many ways, here we will examine using these computational tools to make better decisions about an individual patient's treatment. This includes the an oncologist's tools such as digital pathology, molecular testing using a patient's DNA sequence, and more, to select an appropriate medication.