AI Model Maps Tumor Tissue to Improve Cancer Care

AI-based methods help uncover hidden roots of tumor metastasis

A cancerous tumor is not a single enemy. It is made up of many different cell populations that can behave in very different ways.

AI model maps tumor tissue to improve cancer care

A tumor is more than its cancer cells. Immune cells, blood vessels and other surrounding tissue influence how a cancer grows and responds to treatment. Two tumors containing the same cell types can respond very differently to the same therapy depending on how those cells are arranged. Spatial proteomics captures this organization in molecular detail, but the resulting data, which contain many different variables, are difficult to interpret and compare across studies.

AI May Reveal Which Tumor Cells Seed Metastasis

Cancer is often described as a single disease, but under the microscope a tumor is rarely uniform. It is an evolving ecosystem made up of diverse cell populations, each carrying different genetic programs, protein networks, metabolic states, and capacities to interact with the immune system. Identifying which of these cells drive aggressive growth, treatment resistance, […]