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...
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Highlights

ProCAncer-I is proud to be part of the European Federation for Cancer Images (EUCAIM) project and the European Cancer Imaging Initiative
Jan 26, 2023
ProCAncer-I is part of the European Federation for Cancer Images (EUCAIM) project and the European Cancer Imaging Initiative

European Cancer Imaging Initiative launch event
Jan 10, 2023
The Commission is organising a hybrid event on 23 January 2023 in Brussels to mark the launch of the Cancer Imaging Initiative, one of the Flagship Initiatives of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. This 2.5-hour event will present the policy background and the Cancer...

ProCAncer-I at the Hellenic Radiological Society Conference 2022 in Athens
Dec 15, 2022
The ProCAncer-I project participated at the “Current Developments in Radiology” conference, organized by the Hellenic Radiological Society. The conference was held on December 09-11, 2022 in Athens, Greece at Divani Caravel Hotel. During the Conference, which was...

ProCAncer-I at the RSNA 2022 in Chicago
Dec 1, 2022
Our Scientific Manager, Dr Nickolas Papanikolaou was at the 108th Scientific Assembly and Annual meeting (Chicago 27-30/11/2022). The panel discussion included Dr Mona Flores, Global Head of Medical AI at NVIDIA, and Dr Nikos Papanikolaou, Computational Clinical...
The #EUCAIM project originates from the work and expertise of the AI for Health Imaging Network (AI4HI), composed of INCISIVE, @chaimeleon_eu, @EuCanImage, @ProCAncer_I and @primage_project. #EUCancerImaging #DigitalEU #EUCancerPlan https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/cancer-imaging
Proud to be part of the #EUCAIM project led by @EIBIR_biomed, supporting the #EUCancerImaging Initiative by contributing to an infrastructure of Cancer #images and development & benchmarking of AI tools with #EuroBioImaging Nodes & many other partners.
https://www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/proud-to-be-part-of-the-eucaim-project-/
The launch of #EUCancerImaging Initiative will boost innovative cancer diagnostics and treatment and make screening more precise and accessible.
It shows the potential of digital solutions that can bring hope to cancer patients and their families.
#EUCancerPlan