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The Governance Layer: Turning Imaging, Pathology, and Free Text into One Computable Language
Imaging says one thing, the pathology report another, and the operative note a third. In colorectal cancer, the same fact lives in three places. Here's how we make multi-modal data governable — and why that's the real bottleneck.
From Data Lake to Intelligence Engine: Why Colorectal Cancer Care Needs a Multi-Agent Architecture
A rectal cancer patient generates imaging, pathology, genomics, and follow-up data that no single brain — or single AI model — can fully integrate. Here's why colorectal cancer care needs a multi-agent architecture, not a bigger model.
Shaping ‘Vikshit Bangla’: The West Bengal Budget 2026-27
A fundamental economic pivot is unfolding in West Bengal. On June 22, 2026, Finance Minister Dr. Swapan Dasgupta unveiled a ₹4,38,775.29 crore budget designed to structurally shift the state’s financial landscape towards a forward-looking roadmap called 'Vikshit Bangla'.
Beyond Counting Cases: What Defines a Truly Research-Ready Colorectal Cancer Cohort
Every surgeon has data. But can you query it — or do you still read charts? At DACCA, a 5,000+ case CRC cohort in Sichuan, we judge a database by three metrics: semantic consistency, temporal completeness, and computability. First in a series on building data infrastructure ready for AI.