MedCity News May 10, 2023
“Precision medicine” is a term we have heard a lot over the last two decades, promising to improve health outcomes by pairing the patient with the right treatment. In cancer, we do this primarily with biomarkers. Our understanding of biomarkers – signatures of key features of a tumor – and their role in disease has grown considerably. Currently, testing for biomarkers in the clinic is often time consuming and costly. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) may reshape how we detect existing biomarkers and identify new biomarkers entirely. AI-assisted, digital biomarker assays may help make precision medicine available for more patients than ever.
Seeing beyond to improve patient care
Digital biomarker assays are task-specific AI models that can identify...