National Cancer Institute teases AI-assisted cancer care records retrieval
ByChristian Robles,
Technology Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
November 13, 2026 01:26 PM ET
National Institutes of Health leadership believes AI can help patients identify clinical trials for which they may be eligible.
The National Cancer Institute is considering an initiative called “Every Patient” to obtain cancer-related information for every U.S. patient treated for cancer, its director said Thursday.
NCI has 74 designated cancer centers — which use federal funds to deliver cancer care — and numerous research-oriented cooperative groups, but the agency still misses information about patients, director Anthony Letai said at the Milken Institute Future of Health Summit.
“There's opportunities right now with a confluence of technology, including artificial intelligence, to capture an awful lot of information that's lost,” Letai said.
Letai described Every Patient as “nascent” and cautioned that the agency is still weighing whether to advance it.
A spokesperson for the National...
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