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Predictive Oncology Subsidiary Helomics Collaborates with UPMC to Establish a Data and Artificial Intelligence-Driven Approach to Treating Ovarian Cancer
The collaboration will focus on using Helomics’ artificial intelligence (AI) platform (D-CHIP™) to analyze the genomic and drug response profiles of women with ovarian cancer to determine predictive value in terms of response/non-response to therapy. The parties believe that the collaboration will demonstrate the value of using AI-powered, evidence-based decision making, in the context of specific treatments on specific genotypes, to predict clinical outcomes for this group of patients.
“Helomics has pioneered the testing of drugs on patients’ own tumors to help oncologists individualize treatment options -- what we call functional precision medicine. We believe that by linking both the drug response profile and the genomic profile of the patient’s tumor using a machine learning approach, we can provide ‘multi-omic’ predictive models that will have greater decision-making impact than just genomics alone, which in turn will positively benefit oncologists and their patients,” commented Dr.
More than 22,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the U.S. each year, yet this patient group often has few predictive/prognostic options for selecting therapies. This results in a high recurrence rate and poorer overall survival.
“We believe that this effort will enhance our understanding of the molecular profiles of women with ovarian cancer by using the power of artificial intelligence to create predictive models of therapeutic success. We are excited about the potential for AI-powered, evidence-based decision making to increase our ability to bring about successful outcomes,” said Dr.
Work performed under the collaboration will be funded in part by
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Source: Predictive Oncology Inc.