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Area of Science:

  • Digital pathology
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Uro-oncology

Background:

  • Pathomics integrates digitized pathology images with AI for disease classification.
  • It is rapidly advancing medical pathology and biological disease analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide an overview of Pathomics.
  • To summarize its key applications in urology.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current Pathomics research in urology.
  • Focus on deep learning applications.

Main Results:

  • Pathomics algorithms are being developed for prostate cancer detection and Gleason score differentiation.
  • Applications for renal cancer tumor assessment and urine cancer cell detection are emerging.
  • Despite rapid progress, Pathomics is not yet ready for broad clinical implementation.

Conclusions:

  • Pathomics research in urology, particularly for prostate cancer, is extensive.
  • Commercial Pathomics applications are anticipated soon.
  • Pathomics has the potential to enhance pathology's accuracy, speed, reliability, cost-effectiveness, and generalizability in uro-oncology.