科技是否万能 大数据能够战胜癌症吗
<p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 13 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Cancer">Cancer</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="treatments">treatments</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tiny">tiny</span> <span word="percentage">percentage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Nat">Nat</span> <span word="Turner">Turner</span>.</p><p>据美国国家癌症研究所（<span word="National">National</span> <span word="Cancer">Cancer</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span>）称，全美癌症患者共有1300多万人。但据奈特<span word="o">o</span>特纳说，那些希望能开发出更好治疗方案的研究人员和医生却只能针对其中很小一部分人开展研究。</p><p><span word="Along">Along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Zach">Zach</span> <span word="Weinberg">Weinberg</span>, <span word="Turner">Turner</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="co">co</span>-<span word="founder">founder</span> <span word="ofFlatiron">ofFlatiron</span> <span word="Health">Health</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="healthcare">healthcare</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="raising">raising</span> $130 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="investment">investment</span> <span word="round">round</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Google">Google</span> <span word="Ventures">Ventures</span> <span word="GOOG">GOOG</span> -1.34% . <span word="Turner">Turner</span> <span word="believes">believes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="company">company</span>’<span word="s">s</span> “<span word="cloud">cloud</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="platform">platform</span>” <span word="for">for</span> <span word="oncology">oncology</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="affects">affects</span> 1 <span word="in">in</span> 2 <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> 1 <span word="in">in</span> 3 <span word="women">women</span>. <span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="diagnoses">diagnoses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="field">field</span> <span word="lacks">lacks</span> <span word="sufficient">sufficient</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>特纳和扎克<span word="o">o</span>维恩伯格都是<span word="Flatiron">Flatiron</span> <span word="Health">Health</span>公司的联合创始人。这家医疗保健技术公司位于纽约，成立才刚两年。最近它刚拿到谷歌风投（<span word="Google">Google</span> <span word="Ventures">Ventures</span>）领衔投资的1.3亿美元，名噪一时。特纳相信，他们公司打造的肿瘤学“云数据平台”可以帮助收集那些影响一半男性及三分之一女性的癌症相关数据。他说，尽管美国每年确诊的癌症有上百万例，但却一直缺乏足够的相关数据去改进癌症治疗方案。</p>
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