Indian AI platform for cancer care featured in BRICS health journal

Source: Times of India | Original Published At: 2026-09-14 13:50:00 UTC

Key Points

• iOncology.ai, developed by AIIMS New Delhi and C-DAC Pune with support from India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, is featured in a special issue of The BRICS Health Journal inaugurated during the September 12-13 BRICS Summit.
• The platform aims to integrate cancer-related clinical data to support early detection, risk stratification, treatment planning, multidisciplinary review, and longitudinal patient-data management.
• The featured review, 'Transforming cancer care in emerging economies: India's AI innovation,' examines how AI could strengthen cancer screening, early diagnosis, and access to specialist care.
• The review notes that BRICS countries account for more than 40% of the world's population and around 9 million new cancer cases and 4.66 million deaths.
• iOncology.ai remains in pilot-stage clinical validation, with no peer-reviewed evidence yet establishing its diagnostic accuracy, clinical utility, or effectiveness.