Trump signs order to use AI to accelerate pediatric cancer research

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AI tool may help personalize ovarian cancer treatment from day one

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School, in collaboration with Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, have developed a new artificial intelligence biomarker tool that may help predict how ovarian cancer patients will respond to treatment at the time of diagnosis.

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NCI

Letai: NCAB’s ad hoc working group plays major role in advising NCI on extramural research
The group replaced the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors

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Vol.52 No.05

By Robert A. Winn, Otis W. Brawley and Preston Willett

Cancer Policy

White House launches TrumpRx website

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Vol.52 No.05

By Sara Willa Ernst

Trump signs order to use AI to accelerate pediatric cancer research

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The FY26 funding package gave NCI a raise, but the institute’s buying power is 18% less than it was two decades agoLowy: “We still have percentiles, but we’re not allowed to make awards exclusively on the basis of payline.”

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The FY26 funding package gave NCI a raise, but the institute’s buying power is 18% less than it was two decades ago
Lowy: “We still have percentiles, but we’re not allowed to make awards exclusively on the basis of payline.”

Letai: NCAB’s ad hoc working group plays major role in advising NCI on extramural research
The group replaced the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors

Black History Month: Otis Brawley shares how lessons learned in West Side Detroit shape his stance on cancer prevention
“Trying to realize how good we actually could be if our system were truly efficient is what Otis is all about”