Big Data, Meet Big Language
Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute have successfully employed natural language processing software to mine patients’ electronic health records for patterns that could help drive cancer research.
Read MorePosted by Jenny Lower | Nov 26, 2013 | Cancer, Computing Systems, Information Technology |
Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute have successfully employed natural language processing software to mine patients’ electronic health records for patterns that could help drive cancer research.
Read MorePosted by Judy O'Rourke | Oct 17, 2013 | Cancer, Kidney Disease, Molecular Diagnostics, Research |
Examining 12 major types of cancer, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis have identified 127 repeatedly mutated genes that appear to drive the development and progression of a range of tumors in the body.
Read MorePosted by Clinical Lab Products | Oct 1, 2013 | Cancer, Miscellaneous |
The mutation has been found to play a key role in a variety of cancers, including colorectal cancer (the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide), melanoma, papillary thyroid cancer, and hairy cell leukemia.
Read MorePosted by Judy O'Rourke | Sep 26, 2013 | Cancer, Lymphoma, Miscellaneous |
Ultra-sensitive detection of minimal residual disease now available to more people with blood cancers.
Read MorePosted by Judy O'Rourke | Jun 5, 2013 | Cancer |
Reimbursement looms as major challenge
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