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Pathology Beyond Gleason? What are the cells doing?

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Informed Prostate Cancer Support Group IPCSG Newsletter  ·  Companion Analysis March/April 2026 Companion to Atlas Article Companion Article — Technology & Diagnostics How AI Cell-Reading Technology Could Revolutionize Prostate Cancer Diagnosis A new AI model trained on over half a million prostate cancer cells can identify cell types with 94% accuracy — and points toward a future where every biopsy tells a complete molecular story, not a single architectural grade IPCSG Research Staff · Companion to: Song et al., bioRxiv 2026 · Industry Analysis Included BLUF — Bottom Line Up Front The UCSF prostate cancer atlas described in our companion article does more than advance our scientific understanding of how prostate cancer progresses — it introduces a specific AI tool called PCformer that achieves 94% accuracy in identifyi...
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Mapping Prostate Cancer One Cell at a Time

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A single-cell and spatial atlas of prostate cancer reveals the combinatorial nature of gene modules underlying lineage plasticity and metastasis | bioRxiv Informed Prostate Cancer Support Group IPCSG Newsletter  ·  Research Update March/April 2026 Genomics & Precision Medicine  Breakthrough Research A New Molecular Atlas Reveals Why Tumors Escape Treatment A landmark UCSF-led study creates the most comprehensive single-cell genetic blueprint of prostate cancer to date — unveiling hidden cell states that drive metastasis and drug resistance IPCSG Research Staff · Based on: Song et al., bioRxiv, March 2026 · Preprint — Not yet peer reviewed BLUF — Bottom Line Up Front Researchers at UCSF and partner institutions have published a sweeping new single-cell and spatial atlas of prostate cancer, simultaneously examining thousands of individual tumor cells and mapping their exact l...
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Medical Records Sold to Lawyers Without Patients Knowledge or Consent

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Telehealth GuardDog Accesses Sensitive Medical Records Under False Pretenses - CyberStop Informed Prostate Cancer Support Group (IPCSG)  |  Patient Education Newsletter The Epic Systems / Health Gorilla Data Scandal: What Every Patient Needs to Know March 2026  |  Special Report: Patient Privacy & Health Data Rights ■  BLUF — Bottom Line Up Front A network of companies posing as legitimate healthcare providers fraudulently gained access to the private medical records of nearly 300,000 patients stored in the Epic electronic health records (EHR) system — then sold those records to law firms seeking plaintiffs for mass-tort class action lawsuits, all without patient knowledge or consent . Epic Systems and four major health systems filed a federal lawsuit in January 2026 exposing the scheme. In March 2026, one defendant — GuardDog Telehealth — admitted in court that it did exactly w...
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