Lab life:   

  • New publication by the IMPACT team ! Congratulations to the authors:
    • Pfister C, Harter V, Fontugne J, Allory Y, Culine S; VESPER Trial Investigators. Prognostic Factors for Overall Survival in the VESPER Trial: Basal Molecular Subtype Is a Relevant Key Factor. Eur Urol Oncol. S2588-9311(26)00004-0, 2026. DOI: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41577609/ 
  • We are organizing an international course on Radiomics, with hands-on using our home-made software LIFEx: https://training.institut-curie.org/courses/radiomics-theory-and-practice-2026 . If you are interested in attending, please register soon.
  • Please do not hesitate to volunteer for being a representative of your colleagues at the Council Unit (see Isabelle Bernard-Pierrot email posted on January 23th in the morning). The application deadline is February 9th.

Interesting reading:

  • For all those involved in the development of prediction models: https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj-2024-082505 : PROBAST+AI: an updated quality, risk of bias, and applicability assessment tool for prediction models using regression or artificial intelligence methods

Agenda : this week, *** new,  invited seminars

  • Tuesday February 3rd 11h : Paul will present his PhD work progress on "Quantification de l'incertitude sur des modèles en IA : évaluation comparative de méthodes post-hoc"
  • *** Wednesday February 4th, 11h : Laura will present an update of her perturbseq results obtained as part of her on-going PhD
  • Tuesday February 10th 17h30 : PMS Radiotherapy, Radiobiology and Imaging evening, dedicated to Flash radiation therapy.
  • Friday, February 13th, 9:30 – 15h30: PMS Day dedicated to Thoracic Oncology, Amphitheater BDD
  • Wednesday February 18th  11h - Journal Club - article to be defined
  • Tuesday February 24th 11h - Julie will present her latest results regarding predictive models using PET/CT images
  • Wednesday, March 11th, 10-12h: General assembly of the Unit: every is welcome
  • Tuesday March 10th 11h : Owen and Paul, new master students, will present their projects
    • « Développement de nouveaux descripteurs radiomiques radiaux pour la prédiction de la réponse tumorale à la chimiothérapie néoadjuvante en IRM mammaire »
      « Segmentation automatique d’IRM chez des patients atteints d’un cancer de la prostate »
  • Tuesday March 18th 11h : Feedback from the ECR meeting by Frédérique Frouin

Weekly image or link:

  • On the possible value of liquid biopsies in prostate cancer treated with radiopharmaceutical therapy: https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/67/1/12