Editorial by Prof Manolis Tsiknakis, Coordinator of ProCAncer-I project The ProCAncer-I consortium welcomes you to our first newsletter! We are very happy that our project ProCAncer-I on dealing with prostate cancer was funded by the EU and that through its successful...
Newsletter #1
MRI based Artificial Intelligence tools will improve the management of patients with prostate cancer
Βy Prof. Daniele Regge [Chief of the Radiology Unit, Candiolo Cancer Institute, Torino-Italy] and Simone Mazzetti [Candiolo Cancer Institute, Torino-Italy] Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed tumour in Europe with one new cancer detected every...
The major challenge of a common anonymization strategy
Βy Prof Kostas Marias [Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)], Ioannis Karatzanis [Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)] and Katerina Nikiforaki [Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)] Anonymization is an...
Interview with Dr. Nickolas Papanickolaou (Scientific Coordinator of the project) on the vision of the project
Βy Nickolas Papanikolaou [Principal Investigator in Oncologic Imaging at the Fundação Champalimaud] Why did you select prostate cancer as the center of your research? What kind of clinical unmet needs will be addressed in ProCancer-I? Prostate cancer is among the most...
Legal and Ethical Aspects of ProCAncer-I: The Anonymisation of Personal Data
By the legal team of ProCAncer-I, The University of Vienna Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law (UNIVIE) Given the innovative nature of the technology being developed in the ProCAncer-I project, complex legal questions have arisen concerning the...
Presentation of partner Radboud UMC – Major Clinical partner of the project
By the Radboud UMC Radboudumc is one of the leading centres for prostate cancer imaging worldwide. Within the ProCAncer-I project, two groups of the Department of Imaging of Radboudumc are represented. The Diagnostic Image Analysis Group (DIAG), under the...
Presentation of partner UNIVIE – Legal partner of the project
By the University of Vienna – Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law (UNIVIE) The University of Vienna is the oldest University in the German-speaking world, and the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law is the newest addition to the...
Newsletter #1 Contents
Highlights
ProCAncer-I at the EMUC24 in Lisbon
Oct 1, 2024
The progress of major trials, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), and interdisciplinary best practices will comprise the scientific programme of the 16th European Multidisciplinary Congress on Urological Cancers (EMUC24), which will take place from 7 to 10...
Third Dissemination Event of the ProCAncer-I Project in Athens
May 30, 2024
ProCAncer-I organised the 3rd Dissemination Event of the project at the 21st IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, held in Athens, Greece, May 27-30, 2024. During the symposium, ProCAncer-I organised the Workshop “Integrating imaging Data and AI models...
AI in PCa imaging : The current status and future perspectives
Apr 29, 2024
Ιn recent years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has transformed the prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostic pathway, based on the evidence of multiple high-level evidence studies (refs 4M, MRI first, and PROMIS). Taken together, the evidence indicates that prostate MRI...
Open Call To Include New Beneficiaries Into The EUCAIM Consortium
Apr 19, 2024
The EUCAIM project is launching an open call for new beneficiaries to join the consortium. The objective of the EUCAIM open call is to: i) onboard new cancer image data holders, increasing the geographic dimensions, data modalities or cancer targets, and ii) include...