A deep learning model to more easily identify complex metastatic tumors - Actu IA

We recently reported on a systemdeveloped by Scottish scientists to help identify mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. A team of researchers from the Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital has designed an artificial intelligence model that can find the origin of metastases. In addition, this tool could generate a "differential diagnosis" for patients with cancers whose origin is not known to doctors. For doctors, knowing the primary site of origin of a tumor is essential in order to target the actions they wish to take to fight the cancer and thus increase the survival rate. Most modern therapies are specific to the primary tumor, hence the importance of locating and analyzing it.