Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Medicine

The final frontier in cancer diagnosis

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

A computer, trained to classify skin cancers using image analysis alone, can now identify certain cancers as successfully as can skin-cancer doctors. What are the implications for the future of medical diagnosis? See Letter p.115

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: Accurate cancer diagnosis by computer.

Notes

  1. See all news & views

References

  1. Maier, T. et al. J. Eur. Acad. Dermatol. Venereol. 29, 663–667 (2015).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Gareau, D. S. et al. Exp. Dermatol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/exd.13250 (2016).

  3. Esteva, A. et al. Nature 542, 115–118 (2017).

    Article  CAS  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Warshaw, E. M., Gravely, A. A. & Nelson, D. B. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 72, 426–435 (2015).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. American Academy of Dermatology Ad Hoc Task Force for the ABCDEs of Melanoma. J. Am. Acad.Dermatol. 72, 717–723 (2015).

  6. Carrera, C. et al. JAMA Dermatol. 152, 798–806 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Glenn Merlino is in the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.

  2. gmerlino@helix.nih.gov

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Sancy A. Leachman is in the Department of Dermatology, Melanoma Research Program, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.,

    Sancy A. Leachman & Glenn Merlino

Authors
  1. Sancy A. Leachman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Glenn Merlino
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Sancy A. Leachman or Glenn Merlino.

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

Artificial intelligence: Learning to see and act

Cancer: Calculated treatment

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Leachman, S., Merlino, G. The final frontier in cancer diagnosis. Nature 542, 36–38 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21492

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21492

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation