AI Helps Forecast Brain Tumor Outcomes
A team of researchers, including scientists from Stanford Medicine, has created an artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of forecasting brain tumor outcomes by examining stained images of a type of brain cancer called glioblastoma. The researchers published a paper describing how the AI model could help physicians identify cellular markers for more aggressive tumors in patients before marking them for expedited follow-ups. Brain cancers tend to have poor outcomes because their proximity to important brain tissue makes them incredibly hard to treat via conventional methods such as surgery and radiation without harming healthy tissue. The blood-brain barrier, which is a…