Source: The guidance from Ki67 proliferation marker screenings, older women with low-risk luminal A breast cancer can safely avoid radiotherapy. Considering more than 300,000 women are diagnosed annually with invasive breast cancer in North America this can be a less invasive way to treat cancer.

Source: AI can help humans inspect chest X-rays for COVID-19, but the technology is unfit to serve as a standalone diagnostic tool for that purpose, according to a prospective observational study conducted at the University of Minnesota and published online June 1 in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

Source: St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney has entered into a multi-year collaboration with imaging solutions developer Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre to co-develop and deploy novel AI diagnostics solutions. According to a media release, the partnership will bring together AI engineers, radiologists, imaging analysts, expert clinicians and data, utilising SNAC’s technology platform to drive large-scale deployment of...

Source: A robotic AI system has been developed by scientists that is capable of improving stem cell procedures that are utilized in regenerative medicine.  The development of the robotic AI system was carried out by a joint research group led by Genki Kanda at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR). The peer-reviewed research was published...

Source: From mid-June 2022, the department will begin distributing cancer screening packs to more than 8000 general practices across Australia. The packs will include: Three A3 posters, one for each national cancer screening program, with reminder messaging. We ask practices to place these in waiting rooms and other places visible to patients to prompt a...

Source: Australians face ballooning waits from 24 hours up to several days to be admitted to hospital wards, as a combination of health worker shortages, surging Covid and flu cases and the legacy of pandemic backlogs means many hospitals have run out of beds to admit new patients.

Source: The United States Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the Roe v Wade decision that recognised a constitutional right to abortion has highlighted issues around access to services in Australia. Abortion is legal in all states and territories under certain circumstances and when it is performed by a registered doctor. However, there are different rules governing...

Source: Guardian Australia is investigating systemic racism in the nation’s healthcare system, in the wake of the high-profile deaths of three young children in the past 14 months. Multiple doctors have told us there are problems with unconscious bias and cultural awareness which negatively impact on patients.Australia’s race discrimination commissioner, Chin Tan, said the health...

Source: Travel program set up by Greg Hunt in 2021 discontinued after two months with two dozen people receiving direct assistance.

Prostate cancer remains the second deadliest cancer for men despite clinical advancements. Currently, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is considered the most sensitive non-invasive imaging modality that enables visualisation, detection and localisation of prostate cancer, and is increasingly used to guide targeted biopsies for prostate cancer diagnosis. However, its utility remains limited due to high rates...