Editorial
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...
A new international research programme targeting the accurate prognosis and precise treatment of prostate cancer will be coordinated by FORTH
Α big European research project on developing new software tools for the accurate prognosis and precise treatment of prostate cancer, will be coordinated by Prof. Manolis Tsiknakis, Affiliated Professor at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of FORTH. The project...
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...
Ελπίδα από Έλληνες επιστήμονες για τον καρκίνο του προστάτη
Ελπίδα για καλύτερη διάγνωση, θεραπεία και βελτιωμένη ποιότητα ζωής στους ασθενείς που πάσχουν από καρκίνο του προστάτη, δίνει το νέο πανευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα ProCAncer-I στο οποίο συμμετέχει και η Ελλάδα καθώς συντονιστής φορέας είναι το Ινστιτούτο Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας (ΙΤΕ) στην Κρήτη.
Fighting prostate cancer with over 1.5 million MRI images
Men die about five years earlier than women across the world. As initiatives to boost awareness of men’s health unfolded in November, an international project is bringing the forefront of AI research to tackle prostate cancer (PC), the second most frequent type of cancer in men and the third most lethal in Europe.
An AI Platform integrating imaging data and models, supporting precision care through prostate cancer’s continuum
Post published on the website of the "FUNDACION PARA LA INVESTIGACION DEL HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA" (HULAFE) regarding the ProCAncer-I project....
ProCAncer-I: a H2020-funded project aimed at developing a platform to support clinical decision making in prostate cancer through medical imaging and AI
The Medical Imaging Research Group at IDIBGI will receive funding to carry out the ProCAncer-I project starting late 2020. The project has been recently approved by the European Commission and will be funded under the H2020 framework program....
