Our Data and AI CoTheme Lead Professor Nick Reynolds has been invovled in the developement of AI, called DeepMerkel, which can determine the course and severity of aggressive skin cancers enabling medics to personalise treatment.

To hear more about DeepMerkel visit the Newcastle University Press office page and view the associated papers below:

• Andrew TA, Alrawi M, Plummer R, Reynolds NJ, Sondak V, Brownell I, Lovat PE, Rose A and Shalhout S (2024). A Hybrid Machine Learning Approach for the Personalized Prognostication of Aggressive Skin Cancers. Nature Digital Medicine Ref NPJDIGITALMED-11157R1

• Andrew TW, Erdmann S, Alrawi M, Plummer R, Shalhout SZ, Sondak V, Brownnell I, Lovat PE and Rose A (2024.) A multivariable disease-specific model enhances prognostication beyond current Merkel cell carcinoma staging: An international cohort study of 10,958 patients – ScienceDirect. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. :  Ms. No. JAAD-D-24-01601R3