Predicting cancer outcome: Artificial intelligence vs. pathologists.
Predicting cancer outcome: Artificial intelligence vs. pathologists.
Y. Kudo
TLDR
As the pathologic diagnosis of cancer is an essential initial step for the determination of the line of therapy, pathologists face a great responsibility in the diagnosis ofcancer.
Abstract
Determining cancer prognosis in patients is crucial to controlling the suffering and death due to cancer. In general, the diagnosis of cancer is based on the histology. Histology of cancer is determined by the tissue obtained from patients via several sampling approaches, including excision or biopsy, fine-needle aspiration, and cytologic smears. As the pathologic diagnosis of cancer is an essential initial step for the determination of the line of therapy, pathologists face a great responsibility in the diagnosis of cancer. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.