Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, yet it remains a leading cause of cancer death among women in low- and middle-income countries. The tools to prevent it exist; what is missing is a way to bring them to the women who need them most. The ETiCCS initiative was founded at the Department [...]
AI-assisted colposcopy to support clinicians detecting precancerous lesions Why it matters: Cervical cancer is largely preventable, yet it still claimed almost 350,000 lives worldwide in 2022. Nearly 94% of those deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries. In Europe, about 58,000 comen develop the disease each year and 27,000 die from it. The WHO elimination [...]
Cells don’t divide forever. When they are damaged or under stress, many of them enter a state called senescence: they stay alive but permanently stop dividing. Senescence protects the body because it stops damaged cells from multiplying, and it is therefore one of the natural barriers against cancer. At the same time, senescent cells that [...]
