Machine learning to assist oesophageal cancer surgeons

A PhD student in the Faculty of Medicine is exploring the possibility of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help doctors make complex decisions around patient care.

The project forms the basis of Navamayooran Thavanesan’s PhD studentship, which jointly funded by University Hospital Southampton (UHS) and the University of Southampton’s Institute for Life Sciences.

The research, led by Professor Tim Underwood, aims to create a digital model that can assist doctors treating cancers of the food pipe (oesophagus) and stomach.

The hope is this model will then be able to correctly predict the decisions they go on to make.

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