Cancer

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13 January 2021

Addenbrooke’s Hospital turns to AI to cut cancer wait times

The hospital has cut radiotherapy preparation tasks by up to 90% using artificial intelligence (AI) models from Microsoft Research.
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29 August 2020

Government pledges £50m for AI to improve diagnosis of deadly disease

The investment aims to speed up the diagnosis of deadly diseases like cancer through using AI to upgrade pathology and
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3 August 2020

Careology launches remote monitoring platform for cancer patients

Careology Professional gives clinicians an evolving 360-degree view of their patients’ health status any time of the day, wherever they
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7 July 2020

Calls for innovation fund for radiotherapy tech to help ease cancer backlog

Technology should play a role in easing the "huge" cancer backlog caused by Covid-19, according to the All-Party Parliamentary Group
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4 February 2020

Cancer diagnosis leads to social-networking app to boost mental health

Four years after Fabian Bolin's diagnosis, the War on Cancer app was launched providing a social networking platform for cancer
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17 September 2019

How a daughter’s cancer treatment inspired an interactive app for sick kids

Dom Raban realised more could be done to help children feel at ease in hospital after watching his 13-year-old daughter
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15 January 2019

Teleservices free up clinician’s time at Blackpool hospitals

Video conference initiatives are allowing clinicians to have direct contact with patients without having to travel between hospitals.
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Owlstone Breath Test
4 January 2019

Cancer Research UK clinical trial to test detection technology

The trial will look into whether Owlstone Medical's breath test technology can help pick up signs of cancer at an
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Breast Cancer Screening
15 May 2018

PwC to conduct internal review of breast cancer screening programme after IT error

A spokesperson for Public Health England said it had "commissioned help from PWC to support our work on the breast
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10 May 2018

Almost 14,000 women contact breast cancer helpline after IT error revealed

Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons that "no stone will be left unturned in uncovering the truth" behind the
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