Big data and cancer

If big data is so useful in medicine, why isn’t it more widespread? The “stubborn culture of medicine” and slow technological adoption are some of the culprits, according to U.S. News & World Report.

But while progress is slow, patient demands and pressures from the Affordable Care Act may mean that the tipping point has come.

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