An AI boost to the fight against Cancer

Our guest: Dr Sriniket Raghavan
(@raghurants)

Dr Sriniket Raghavan is a Specialist Senior Registrar at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India.

In this episode, he lays out the various ways in which AI lends a helping hand in Cancer prevention and detection. Dr. Raghavan makes an important point that AI is a powerful tool but that it must be wielded by the right hands.

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Chapters

• 1:22 Guest introduction
• 5:12 Which types of Cancer are most common?
• 11:24 What is the reality on the ground with respect to early detection of Cancer?
• 16:09 The case of Niramai, a startup in India focused on early detection of breast cancer
• 24:28 Who should wield the AI hammer in Cancer diagnosis?
• 31:52 How standardized are the best practices followed in treatment protocols?
• 43:55 How can AI enable doctors to get access to the best practices and collective knowledge?
• 51:44 A case for robotic surgery
• 54:20 End credits