Artificial intelligence developed to identify cancer mutations Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.
A STAR researchers at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have created the Variant Network (VarNet), an innovative artificial intelligence (AI)-based technique that can examine and find cancer mutations (variants) among the millions of DNA fragments found in a tumor sample.
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Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer death in Singapore and the world.
The World Conference on Lung Cancer, the largest international gathering of clinicians, researchers and scientists in the field of lung cancer - with more than 6,000 participants - was held from 28 January to 31 January 2021 as a worldwide virtual event hosted by Singapore.
A group of Singapore clinicians and scientists presented new data to enhance understanding and treatment of lung cancer in the Asian population at the conference.
SINGAPORE, 1 FEBRUARY 2021 - Clinicians and scientists from Singapore shared exciting new data on lung cancer treatment in the Asian population at the World Conference on Lung Cancer Singapore, last week. Lung cancer develops very differently in Western and Asian populations, which makes understanding the disease from an Asian perspective a research priority for Singapore and the region.