AI-Powered Diagnostics for Cancer Care Launched by SSO Cancer Hospital in collaboration with EPIC Hospital First of Its Kind in Gujarat
Specialty Surgical Oncology (SSO) Cancer Hospital, in partnership with EPIC Multispecialty Hospital, Ahmedabad, launched Qure.ai’s AI tool for early cancer detection, integrating it into oncology workflows to accelerate diagnosis and improve patient outcomes.
The Seminar on Surgical Innovations in cancer, a first-of-its-kind event, showcased the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotic-assisted surgery in revolutionizing cancer care.
The seminar saw some of the best cancer surgeons, technologists and hospital leaders talk about how upcoming age tools are redefining precision, safety and accessibility in cancer care - preluding the next chapter in cancer excellence in Gujarat and across.
Renowned in its high-level and tailored oncology based on the organ, SSO Cancer Hospital remains to be the cancer hospital that connects the gap between the latest technology and the caring and sense of humanity. SSO has a mission to provide affordable, yet high-quality, multidisciplinary cancer care with the aim of improving the amount of outcomes and recovery in fewer days, through AI, robotics, and minimal invasive surgery, through the use of multiple centres within Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Care: Image to Insights, Detection to Decision.
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way cancer is diagnosed and treated. AI algorithms have the ability to identify the tiniest abnormalities, lung nodules, breast microcalcifications, or liver lesions, that may not be seen otherwise by the human eye in seconds by analysing thousands of medical images.
The X-ray may seem normal to a human, whereas the AI raises an alarm and the investigation and diagnosis can occur earlier. This translates to the fact that patients can now be diagnosed much earlier than in the old method before diagnosis, months or even years earlier and this greatly increases the chances of survival.
In SSO Cancer Hospital, Qure.ai tools based on AI have already been implemented into the diagnostic processes. These are tools that could automatically detect pulmonary nodules less than 6mm diameter on routine chest X-rays even after taking the X-ray due to some other reasons. Upon detection, patients are immediately linked to the thoracic surgeons, pulmonologists and oncologists - bridging the detection and decision-making process, and in many cases, early and curative treatment is achievable.
AI assists robotic technology in surgery by generating 3D visual roadmaps based on scans, assisting surgeons with precision on the millimetre level of control, safeguarding sensitive structures, and minimizing risks in the operation. The outcome is reduced surgeries, reduced incisions, reduced recovery and long-term outcomes thus a new age of surgical accuracy.
According to Dr. Sanket Mehta, Founder, Surgical Oncologist, SSO Hospitals, said,
Here, AI is a force multiplier at SSO since it is more than a technology. It improves human judgment making us able to diagnose quicker, plan better, and perform with exceptional accuracy. Together with robotics, AI bridges between early detection and accurate intervention two pillars that characterize the modern care of cancer.
Dr. Bhavin Vadodariya, Surgical Oncologist and Head and Neck Cancer Specialist, SSO Hospitals, said,
AI makes us do something before it is too late. Several head and neck cancers have been found to be manageable once diagnosed early and carefully planned and structured during surgery such that important functions such as speech and swallowing are preserved. The response to AI is we are able to treat efficiently - and safeguard quality of life following healing.
Dr. Anil Jain, Founder Director, EPIC Hospital, said,
AI is assisting us to transform information into actions and accuracy into practice. This partnership between EPIC and SSO will be the future - hospitals, medtech and clinicians will come together to make more complex cancer care accessible, not only to the metros, but also to the entire country of India.
The first of its kind in Gujarat, the Seminar on Surgical Innovations confirmed the fact that the future of treating cancers is in the union of the human experience and artificial intelligence - making precision medicine a reality to the patients everywhere.
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