Preface: Artificial Intelligence and Oncogenesis

Worldwide, the scientific community is facing a huge increase in medical assistance demand. Ongoing technological progress, along with screening programs, mean that many patients are diagnosed with different kinds of diseases in earlier stages than in past decades, especially neoplastic diseases. And, scientific discoveries continue to widen the current knowledge on cancer’s molecular basis, expanding therapy options for these typically fragile patients. Therefore, physicians such radiologists and pathologists often have to deal with a huge daily workload to render extremely detailed diagnoses to address specific targeted therapies. In this scenario, artificial intelligence (AI) may significantly help physicians cope with the continuous challenging and time-consuming requests that they face