A new large-scale study uses data from Danish health registries to predict individual risks of developing 20 different types of cancer This statistical study is a proof of concept, but the analysis ...

Dr Rotenstein: “We sought to understand the impact of virtual scribes (human scribes who are not physically present in the exam room with the physician and patient) on how physicians spend their time ...

In the realm of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an essential tool, especially in the computer-aided detection of precancerous colon polyps during screening ...

Ultrasound became established in medicine 60 years ago. The first remotely controllable ultrasound machine appeared 20 years ago. The next leap forward, towards an autonomous ultrasound system, is now ...

Every year, nearly 2,000 people in Belgium are diagnosed with kidney cancer. Thanks to immunotherapy, survival rates for metastatic kidney cancer have increased dramatically in recent years: More than ...

“We have identified people diagnosed with lymphoma via population registers. These individuals were then matched with a control group of the same sex and age, but without lymphoma. The study ...

The research results were recently published in the journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications. Embryonal tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are a class of malignant tumors composed of ...

For his presentation, Professor Paul Hofman focused on the advantages and limitations of liquid biopsy versus tissue biopsy in thoracic oncology. In looking at how both biopsy techniques can be ...

A research team led by Professor Ka-Wai Kwok from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has developed an interactive multi-stage robotic positioner specifically ...

Five Nordic university hospitals have formed the Nordic University Hospital Alliance (NUHA). The goal is to strengthen relationships and establish a strategy for addressing healthcare challenges in ...

A research group supervised by Assistant Professor Shunya Okamoto of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, and another supervised by Associate Professor ...

Human tissue is intricate, complex and, of course, three-dimensional. But the thin slices of tissue that pathologists most often use to diagnose disease are two-dimensional, offering only a limited ...