PwC to conduct internal review of breast cancer screening programme after IT error
A spokesperson for Public Health England said it had “commissioned help from PWC to support our work on the breast screening incident,” which may have caused up to 450,000 women to miss their final screening.
News
Almost 14,000 women contact breast cancer helpline after IT error revealed
Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons that “no stone will be left unturned in uncovering the truth” behind the computer algorithm failure which led to 450,000 women missing their final breast cancer screening.
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Baroness Tessa Jowell to hand over medical data to global database
Baroness Tessa Jowell is to be the first cancer patient to hand over her medical data to a global database which aims to discover the next generation of cures for rare cancers.
AI and Analytics
Double robot surgery carried out at The Royal Marsden Hospital
Surgeons Shahnawaz Rasheed and Marielle Nobbenhuis sat on opposite sides of the da Vinci Xi robotic console to perform a hysterectomy on 63-year-old Christine Lockton as well as removing part of her colon.
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Rapid cancer diagnosis centres to be introduced at 10 NHS hospitals
New rapid diagnostic and assessment centres for cancer are being set up in England as part of efforts to catch and diagnose the disease more quickly.
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Research claims AI system can diagnose prostate cancer as accurately as pathologist
Scientists and clinicians in China have developed a learning artificial intelligence (AI) system which they say can identify cancerous prostate samples as accurately as a pathologist.
AI and Analytics
Miiskin teams up with the British Skin Foundation to support self-checking
Skin checking app Miiskin has teamed up with the British Skin Foundation to promote skin cancer awareness and self-checking.
Digital Patient
Macmillan Cancer Support launches own digital nurse to combat ‘fake news’
Macmillian Cancer Support has appointed a digital nurse to help combat ‘fake news’ online after it feared patients turned to Google to help them diagnose themselves.
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West Herts tenders for a new cancer information system
The Macmillan Cancer Information Centre is currently using Chameleon IMS which it deployed back in 2009. The contract due to expire in March next year.
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Trustedoctor allows brain tumour patients access to world leading doctors
Trustedoctor launches world-wide allowing cancer patients to find and be treated by the very best cancer doctors in their field.
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