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Stanford 2025 Center for Cancer Systems Biology (CCSB) Symposium on May 1

The symposium is designed for participants to explore systems biology approaches to understanding cancer progression and treatment response. Talks covering computational and imaging innovations will focus on decoding the tumor microenvironment, analyzing spatial dynamics in metastasis, mapping cell-cell interactions, and advancing therapeutic and diagnostic strategies.

Registration is now open and free to all. Please register using this link or scan QR code in the flyer.

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Curt Langlotz in Washington Post: AI hasn’t killed radiology, but it is changing it

More than three-quarters of the AI software cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for medical use is designed to support radiology practice, says Curtis Langlotz, a radiology professor at Stanford University and president of the Radiological Society of North America’s board of directors.

“AI is not a better kind of intelligence, it’s a different kind of intelligence,” Langlotz says. “A human plus a machine is better than either one alone. I would say that has been true since I began studying AI in the 1980’s, and it continues to be true today.”

Read more here: https://wapo.st/4jk7cmB

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Nigam Shah: Which LLM is best for real health care needs?

When a large language model first passed the United States Medical Licensing Exam in 2023, it was a big deal. But two years later, what was once a notable milestone in artificial intelligence progress is more of a bare minimum.

“It’s not enough for a large language model to simply answer medical test questions accurately,” said Nigam H. Shah, MBBS, PhD, chief data scientist at Stanford Health Care. “That type of evaluation doesn’t tell us anything about what matters.”

Read more: https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2025/04/08/ai-artificial-intelligence-evaluation-algorithm/

8th Stat4Onc Annual Symposium 5/16-17

We are excited to announce the opening registration website for the 8th Stat4Onc Annual Symposium, which will take place May 16-17, 2025, at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

The Stat4Onc Annual Symposium is an NCI sponsored conference that fosters interdisciplinary discussions between clinical and quantitative scientists on cancer clinical trials. Researchers from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies are invited to share their latest research, explore novel ideas, and collaborate on solutions for enhancing trial design, drug development, and patient care.
Find more details here: The Stat4Onc Annual Symposium

Five short courses are offered on May 15 and May 18. Please visit registration link for short course registration fees.

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