Hong Kong, In a first, a drug discovered and designed using artificial intelligence (AI) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs, has entered human clinical trials. Hong Kong-based biotechnology company Insilico Medicine, in a statement, announced that the Phase II trial on oral dosage of … Read more
Illinois : According to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), assistance from an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm with high diagnostic accuracy improved radiologist performance in detecting lung cancers on chest X-rays and increased human acceptance of AI suggestions. While AI-based image diagnosis has advanced rapidly in … Read more
New York: Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems, a study published Thursday suggests. As many as 40 per cent more Black male patients in the study might have been diagnosed with breathing problems if current diagnosis-assisting computer software … Read more
Mumbai: In 2022, BMC health officials found that an artificial intelligence-backed software detected tuberculosis in some people months before the disease’s tell-tale symptoms such as coughing emerged. Now, Qure.ai, a city-based startup that fitted the AI software in nine BMC hospitals and a mobile van wants to update the programme to detect lung cancer as … Read more
Liquid biopsies could replace the need for invasive procedures under general anaesthetic. Source link
New research shows stark North-South divide in hospital admissions for lung disease across the UK. Source link
Washington: Lung cancer is the main cause of cancer death in the United States and around the world. Low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) is suggested for monitoring persons aged 50 to 80 with a significant history of smoking or who actively smoke. Lung cancer screening with LDCT has been demonstrated to lower lung cancer death … Read more
May 12, 2022 – Some smokers might not get lung cancer because of their DNA, researchers report in a new study. These people have genes that help limit mutations, or changes, to DNA that would turn cells malignant and make them grow into tumors, the researchers say. Scientists have long suspected that smoking leads to … Read more
By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 10,000 American lives have been saved since lung cancer screening was introduced for high-risk people who are over 55 and have a history of smoking, a new study shows. But many poor people and those in ethnic/racial minority groups are … Read more
Surgery was down by 40%, affecting an estimated 52 patients, while radiotherapy treatment fell by 27%. Source link