The final frontier in cancer diagnosis

Sancy A. Leachman () and Glenn Merlino ()
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Sancy A. Leachman: Melanoma Research Program, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.
Glenn Merlino: Melanoma Research Program, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.

Nature, 2017, vol. 542, issue 7639, 36-38

Abstract: A computer, trained to classify skin cancers using image analysis alone, can now identify certain cancers as successfully as can skin-cancer doctors. What are the implications for the future of medical diagnosis? See Letter p.115

Date: 2017
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