“Data helps cancer research”

The AI is changing the world of cancer treatment, but the road is full of hurdles.

«Not only technical issues, but also ethical and a much more human factor: the growing difficulties of researchers to keep up with the increasingly innovations. To hold everything together, we need “hybrid scientists” who are familiar with both laboratory and technological matters, as well as a joint effort. »

These are the comments of Professors Andrea Lunardi and Alessandro Romanel who, in a joint interview, discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence in the field of cancer research. «The future prospect is to integrate different values, from images to clinical, genetic, and genomic data, to build a kind of “digital twin” of the patient».

Below, the comment from Ilaria Cherchi and Gianluca Leonardi, young researchers at CIBIO who participated in the Pezcoller Symposium 2025 and edited the Highlights in collaboration with ESO (European School of Oncology).