AI-based computer model offers new weapon against hard-to-treat cancers
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THE AI ANGLE
Simulating virtual tumors to predict drug responsesResearchers used symbolic artificial intelligence to create virtual tumor models of triple-negative breast cancer patients. The software correctly predicted clinical trial responses in 74 percent of cases and identified alternative drug targets for non-responders. This provides doctors with an interpretable tool to evaluate therapeutic options.
THE TEACHING ANGLE
Classes can discuss whether transparent logical reasoning makes symbolic AI more acceptable to clinicians than black box systems.Read the original at medicalxpress.com Generate teaching or study materials
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