🧠 Session: AI-based procedures to augment clinical trials
🕥 Time: 10:15 – 11:45

The session will feature leading experts in the field, including Dr. Arsela Prelaj (Milan, Italy), who will open the session with her lecture:
🎙️ 10:15 – 10:30 | AI for genomic precision medicine in clinical trials

Chaired by:
👩‍⚕️ Mihaela Aldea (Villejuif, France)
👨‍⚕️ Jakob Nikolas Kather (Dresden, Germany)

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📍: Hanover Auditorium – Hall 7.2c
🕐: 14:00 – 15:30

We’re ready for another excellent congress ahead! 🫁🇪🇺

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Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how we design and conduct clinical trials in oncology. On November 6th, leading experts will gather in Rome for “AI in Clinical Trials”, organized by ESAC – European Interdisciplinary Society of AI for Cancer Research, to explore innovative trial designs, trustworthy AI implementation, and real-world data applications.

You can follow the event in person or online.

🔗 To register, click here

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The World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), organized by the IASLC, brought together passionate minds and lung cancer experts from around the world, and I3LUNG was right there in the mix. Here’s how we made our mark with five bold moves during the congress. 

1. We kicked things off with bold conversations at the IST Innovation Forum on September 6

On day 1 of the Congress, MEDSIR from work package 1 and 10, hosted a side event that got people talking. One of the topics during IST Innovation Forum was how AI can boost innovation in investigator-sponsored trials. Our own Dr. Arsela Prelaj led a thought-provoking session on how data and algorithms are reshaping clinical trials from the inside out. 

2. We listened to coughs: yes, coughs, to detect cancer. Poster P1.04.51, on September 7 at 10:30 AM

On Sunday morning, Arsela presented our research on multimodal cough analysis as a pre-screening tool for NSCLC. The idea? Using AI to catch subtle audio and signal patterns in patients’ coughs to detect lung cancer earlier and less invasively. It sparked curiosity. Some attendees stayed and asked questions, intrigued by how something as ordinary as a cough could play a role in early detection. 

3. PD-L1 predictions from H&E whole-slides images. Poster P2.06.65, September 8 at 10:30 AM

 Vanja Stojanovic, from POLIMI partner, presented our ensemble AI model capable of predicting PD-L1 expression from standard H&E whole-slide images. Translation: fewer extra tests, faster insights, and a new way to support clinical decisions using data we already have. 

A great way to start a conversation on how far pathology can go when teamed up with tech. Watch video here.

4. Oral sessions are always a highlight at #WCLC2025! 

This oral on “A Multimodal AI-Based Clinical Decision Support System for Predicting Immunotherapy Efficacy in Metastatic NSCLC” marks an important milestone for our project, and we are grateful to all the colleagues and collaborators whose dedication makes every study, every paper, and every presentation possible.

5. We hit the plenary stage and talked big data, big impact. PL04.03, September 9 at 8:30 AM

 Yes, the plenary. On Tuesday morning, bright and early, Dr. Arsela Prelaj took the spotlight for “Data-Driven Oncology: How Big Data and AI Can Transform Lung Cancer.” 

For 15 minutes, the room was fully tuned in. She painted a clear picture of how multimodal data (spanning clinical records, scans, pathology, and genomics) can help us move from “one-size-fits-all” to personalized, precise, and smarter treatment decisions.  

From poster sessions to plenary talks, from after-hours brainstorms to spontaneous reunions with colleagues across Europe and beyond, WCLC 2025 had it all. The I3LUNG team was once again energized and inspired to keep pushing the boundaries of lung cancer care. 

See you next year, #WCLC26! 

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Being part of such a prestigious session highlights the growing importance of data and AI in the future of lung cancer care, and it was a great opportunity to showcase I3LUNG’s commitment to innovation in thoracic oncology.

👏 Congratulations, Arsela, for this important contribution to the scientific community!

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This oral marks an important milestone for our project, and we are grateful to all the colleagues and collaborators whose dedication makes every study, every paper, and every presentation possible.

Great job, Arsela Prelaj and all the team involved.

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In this video, Vanja explains how the I3LUNG consortium is using routinely collected digital pathology slides from six cancer centers to predict PD-L1 status, a key biomarker for immunotherapy response. By using an ensamble AI model, the team achieves the most accurate predictions and plans to expand and validate the approach with a larger dataset.

Watch the video here!

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👀 Stay tuned for Day 3 — more updates and insights coming!

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We were proud to see our PI, Arsela Prelaj, take part in the Early Career Investigator Workshop with her session “Using AI Tools to Streamline Presentation Creation”, alongside other international experts.

👏 A great start to an inspiring congress for the I3LUNG project!

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🗓 September 6 – 2:50 PM CEST
📍 WS03.03.04 – Using AI Tools to Streamline Presentation Creation

As Head of AI-ON Lab and PI of I3LUNG, Arsela will highlight how AI enhances both clinical research and scientific communication.

Planning your WCLC Schedule?

👋 See you there!

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