Use of artificial intelligence to determine cancer recurrence
By Kalli Spencer After a radical prostatectomy there is always a risk that the cancer may recur. Certain factors can increase this risk such as high grade features in the initial biopsy specimen, cancer that may have emerged from the prostate capsule, micrometastases (cancer that cannot be detected by any imaging), technical difficulties in surgery or no explanation at all. in addition to the genetic makeup of cancer in a particular individual that gives it a predisposition to grow and invade. In its quest for survival, cancer develops several mechanisms to evade the immune system and may even counter the effects of treatment. The genetics behind this are still largely unknown. But scientists are studying it and success has been seen in other tumors such as colon and stomach cancer. A team from the University of Wisconsin in the United States has developed a unique diagnostic test that utilizes artificial intelligence to detect genetic disorders and determine which patients’ pros