This article from the BBC highlights two different artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic systems, one that evaluates coronary artery disease (CAD) and another that determines whether a lung nodule is cancerous. The systems are being trialed around the UK, and they show promise for improved accuracy of imaging-based diagnoses.
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December 22, 2017
Patient Care
The Venezuelan singer known by the nickname “El Puma” is recovering after a double lung transplant for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
December 18, 2017
In this video, the author performs a VATS right lower lobectomy for lung cancer using a posterior approach.
December 14, 2017
Using propensity score matching, patients with clinical stage I NSCLC who underwent either VATS lobectomy or stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) were compared for long-term outcomes. Among 37 matched pairs, tumor control at 3 years was twice as good for surgery (p=.0038), cancer-specific survival was 15 percentage points better for surgery (p=.05
December 13, 2017
As many will recall, world chess champion Garry Kasparov was defeated by IBM's Deep Blue computer in 1997. Now machine-learning algorithms have bested trained pathologists in differentiating between benign and malignant changes in sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer patients. We can expect to see increasing involvement of AI in pathology as well
December 13, 2017
Liquid biopsies have long held promise for diagnosis, treatment selection, and surveillance of lung cancer patients. This articles summarizes results of two studies involving highly precise measurement of tumor mutational burden. A burden of 16-fold or greater was associated with improved overall survival with immunotherapy (atezolizumab) compared
December 8, 2017
Patient Care
US states that implemented policies for screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease have seen reductions in infant cardiac deaths compared to states that didn’t implement screening.
December 7, 2017
Herbert Decaluwé of University Hospital Leuven in Belgium discusses complications during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
December 5, 2017
LoMauro and colleagues measured tidal volume and ribcage expansion during rest and exercise to evaluate functional recovery after minimally invasive thoracic surgery. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) preserved these kinematic measures better than posterolateral thoracotomy, and the advantage was observed over two postoperative months.
December 1, 2017
Patient Care