Here’s a little good news for your day.
Here’s a little good news for your day.
Yesterday (Feb. 4) was World Cancer Day and it provided me with the opportunity to kick off my fundraising for the 2025 Enbridge Tour of Alberta for Cancer this summer. Over two days in July a few thousand people will cycle over 200 kilometres for the cause. These are all people who have been touched by cancer in one way or another, whether as survivors of the disease, or people who continue their journey without loved ones and friends lost.
It also has made me hyper aware of positive pieces on the progress against the diseases that make up “Cancer.” That includes this very short piece in a newsletter called The DeepView, and a section they have every day called AI for Good. In this case, breast cancer detection.
So I have two links for you. The first is to DeepView and the piece noted above on how in a recent controlled trial, AI detected more breast cancers (29%), and reduced workload among clinicians by 44%. It’s such encouraging news and gives a glimpse on how AI works that’s different than say, Chat GPT. Here’s the link– scroll down past their lead story and you’ll see the AI for good section.
The second link is if you’d like to contribute to my wee campaign to raise funds to continue the Alberta Cancer Foundations groundbreaking research work via the ride, and that’s https://support.touralbertaforcancer.ca/paulboucher2025.