UPMC Deploys AI-Powered Prostate Cancer Diagnostic
Health IT Analytics December 16, 2022
UPMC has partnered with Ibex Medical Analytics to deploy an AI-based solution to support pathologists during the prostate cancer diagnosis process.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Ibex Medical Analytics announced a partnership focused on leveraging Ibex’s artificial intelligence (AI) solution, Galen Prostate, to support pathologists in diagnosing prostate cancer.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that prostate cancer is the most common cancer in US males other than skin cancer, with about 268,490 new cases and 34,500 deaths from the disease in 2022. An estimated one in eight males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, but early detection may help improve outcomes in certain populations.
ACS recommends screening for prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood...