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Cancer – that’s something we never want to deal with, but we can at least do it once in a lifetime. In cats, cancer can take many forms, but continued advancements in both humans and veterinarians have led to an expanding treatment options daily. Chemotherapy is one form of treatment that has been around for decades, but recently I was introduced to a very surprising breakthrough using artificial intelligence to create personalized treatment protocols specifically designed to treat. your Cat cancer.
I want to talk more about it, but first, I need to admit something.
I hate artificial intelligence
When I leave Gemini’s inspiring offer to help me “polish” my work, I feel constantly irritated by the way AI is infecting our world. I grew up in I’m a robot, Battlestar Galactica, Terminator, And the creepy robot Haley Joel Osment ai (*Shudder*), we are amazed at how easily we accept insidious AI invasions into everyday life.
As a veterinarian, I am worried about how AI is desperately sharing and affecting the information accessed online to find answers. While artificial intelligence may be able to digest and reflux information from commands, it cannot think outside the box or use personal experiences that are essential for veterinary care.
As a writer, I hate seeing talented individuals being taken away by clunky imitations, and while technology is improving imitating us, I still get a glimpse of Joey friend And his “Moist Auspicious Homo Sapiens with a full-size aortic pump. ”
Artists, photographers, designers and other creatives find themselves out of their job and can’t compete with the vast amount of “nearly” perfect creations that are being driven out by a workforce that is not hampered by bills, responsibilities or the need to sleep. It feels like Ai sucks joy from our lives and makes humans so obsolete.
So how do I do with Dr. Irona Holcomb and the team? Ripe I was impressed because I was using this technology. They have created new ways to diagnose and treat cancers that are not possible without AI. Before we go into the details, we’ll give you a summary of the “Cliff Note” on how chemotherapy suits veterinary care.
What is chemotherapy?
Simply put, chemotherapy uses potentially harmful chemicals to kill or slow down neoplasms (cancer). These cytotoxic chemicals target rapidly dividing cells, and tumor cells are usually the fastest growing cells in the body. Unfortunately, these drugs do not distinguish between neoplastic and non-neoplastic cells, so other rapidly dividing cells can also be affected, with hair follicles, bone marrow, and mucosa at the top of the list. Therefore, patients undergoing chemotherapy are often affected by hair loss, paralysis, immune penetration, oraluria, disorders, disorders, and arrhyria.
Human chemotherapy aims to completely eradicate cancer, so these side effects are usually endured and managed as part of the process. But exposing our pets to such debilitating effects would be cruel. Instead, a balance is struck between using drug doses with little or no significant side effects, but as a result, complete treatment is rarely achieved. There are several instances where cancer is completely eradicated, but more often we only buy a little better month or a few years with our cat.
Chemotherapy may be used alone or in combination with other forms of treatment, such as surgery or radiation therapy. In cats, it is most commonly used to treat lymphoma, but can also be used in combination with surgery to treat other forms of neoplasms, such as mast cell tumors.
Choice of chemotherapy drugs
Traditionally, cat blood, bone marrow, tissue, or cells samples are used to make specific diagnosis of neoplasm types and stages, and treatment protocols are then created based on whether chemotherapeutic drugs tend to be most effective against that type of cancer. It is not possible to predict whether it has cancer or not Intention To accommodate these medications, it often requires trial and error once treatment begins.
How Artificial Intelligence Removes Presumptions from Chemotherapy
team Ripe We have developed programs to test tumor cells in individual patients (both human and PET) using artificial intelligence, and developed the most effective chemotherapeutic drug protocols. type Cancer is specifically opposed Your cat’s cancer.
Cancer culture and sensitivity testing
Culture and sensitivity tests are performed when treating serious infections. This allows bacteria samples to be grown in the lab to be identified and exposed to a variety of antibacterial treatments to see which is most effective. By doing this, you know exactly what we are treating and what medications are best for your job.
Similarly, much more complex, the AI program of Implimed isolates identifies cancer cells and runs them through all possible drug combinations to determine which one is best. This technique can also detect and predict how different cell lines will appear, and can also be factored into treatment programs.
The result is a chemotherapy protocol that is known to be effective against cancer in cats, even before treatment begins. This removes speculation, trial and error, and drug replacements that often occur in traditional chemotherapy. This technique typically uses the same type of sample, which forms part of a detailed examination of a cat’s diagnosis and takes about a week. Personalized Prediction Profile of their cancer.
What really impressed me was that Dr. Holcomb is clearly an animal lover who is really interested in making this technology accessible to everyone. The company primarily absorbs most of its research and development costs to provide services at the lowest possible price, and we really hope that we can continue working this way. Finding ethically implemented biotech companies that truly prioritize patient care is extremely difficult.
Things to be aware of
This technology is incredible, but it’s important to understand its limitations.
- It is not a cancer treatment. They will provide recipes for medications that need to be given by your veterinarian.
- Chemotherapy protocols created with AI do not necessarily increase the likelihood of treatment. However, these possibilities can only be increased by initiating treatment with the appropriate medication. Furthermore, the use of chemicals that cancer cells are known to be sensitive can allow for lower doses in patients who are highly sensitive to treatment, or higher doses in cats that are more resilient to increase remission and treatment possibilities.
- At this stage, only inullymphoma and leukemia, and Feline lymphoma You can test it. However, plans are already underway to extend this to cats and dogs to other common cancers, such as mast cell tumors.
I hate it largely ai
So it seems I’ve found an exception to my rules.
Whether we like it or not, and sometimes, or not, AI is rapidly invading every aspect of our lives. I would like it to maintain its phorical foot from our creative art, but I cannot deny the unparalleled processing and problem-solving ability it equips. This may not be a miraculous treatment for all cancers, but it makes you feel a little closer.
Honestly, if one of my pets is diagnosed with a “big C,” I’m looking for help with accusations.
(No, I wasn’t paid to say that, I’m really impressed with the company!)
This article is part of Dr. Karin’s series with five cheerful cats.
