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Adriana Albini
Treatment of COVID complications
As we have seen in the last 20 months, SARS-CoV-2 has evolved. .SARS-CoV-2 has consistently mutated over the course of the pandemic, resulting in variants that are different from the initial SARS-CoV-2 virus. Covid disease has changed as a consequence…
AI for patient-centric personalisation of medicine
Patients recognise the key positive impacts of AI: support for healthcare professionals, self-care, more available information, quality and efficiency of diagnosis, improved health systems efficiency and delivery of care. But they also see some challenges. This was one of the…
AI in Surgery
The fourth online seminar of the SPCC Educational Project on Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Care, took place on 25th January 2023 and was moderated by Pietro Valdastri, Professor and Chair in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, University of Leeds, UK. Developing…
COVID and haematological malignancies
On 24th January 2023, the first of three online seminars took place, which are part of the SPCC project “Cancer & Covid: Prevention and Treatment including Monoclonal Antibodies (MoABs)”. Carsten Bokemeyer, Director of the Department of Oncology and Haematology at…
Telemedicine Rehabilitation in the Cancer Care Continuum
This is the sixth and final report of the online conference “Telemedicine in Cancer Care Continuum: implementation and integration”, developed by SPCC in collaboration with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Held in May 2022, the conference opened the…
Telemedicine in Cancer Care: Patient Empowerment, Policy, and Implementation
This online seminar, that took place on 16 January 2023, concluded the second and final phase of the SPCC Telemedicine in Cancer Care project. It was chaired by Robin Zon, Michiana Haematology Oncology and ASCO Telemedicine Expert Panel, Mishawaka, US.…
AI in Genomics and Reporting for Clinical Practice
Artificial intelligence is revolutionising many aspects of our lives. Although it entered clinical practice only in recent years, its contribution to clinical research and patient data handling has a growing impact in the development of precision medicine. A panel of…
Telemedicine in Cancer Care: Monitoring, Follow-Up,Tele-Rehabilitation, Palliative and Supportive Care
This webinar took place on 6th December 2022 as part of the Telemedicine Project Phase 2, developed by SPCC in collaboration with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The session was chaired by a frequent speaker at the SPCC…
AI application in diagnosis
The second webinar in the SPCC Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Care 2022 series took place on 23rd November 2022. It was chaired by Viktor Kölzer, Attending Pathologist and Assistant Professor, Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital and University…
Telemedicine in Cancer Care Continuum: Supportive care, Value-based Medicine and Reimbursement of Innovation
The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) defines supportive care in cancer as “the prevention and management of the adverse effects of cancer and its treatment.” Physical pain and discomfort caused by the disease and by the side…