Hem/Onc Roundup: AI Better Detects Breast Cancer than Radiologists, Apps to Detect Skin Cancer Miss the Mark, and more

By Kerri Fitzgerald - Last Updated: February 14, 2020

Here are the top stories covered by DocWire News this week in the Hematology & Oncology section. This week, a study found that oral cancer mortality risk is increased in patients who drink and smoke, apps to test moles are not detecting skin cancer, and more.

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Patients with oral cancer who smoke and drank had higher all‐cause mortality and oral cancer‐specific mortality compared with patients with oral cancer who did not drink or smoke, according to a study published in Head & Neck.

In patients with atrial fibrillation who receive anticoagulants, lower gastrointestinal bleeding is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal.

Algorithm-based smartphone apps using artificial intelligence (AI) to test moles are not reliably able to detect melanoma and other skin cancers, according to a study published in The BMJ.

A retrospective study measured the diagnostic value of an AI algorithm to detect breast cancer and found that it outperformed the detection ability of radiologists.

Commonly prescribed medications, cholesterol-lowering statins and the diabetes therapy metformin may have anticancer effects, according to preliminary research published in Cancer Medicine.

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