Cancer-detecting AI created from Costa Rican image archive
The team built an algorithm from an archive of more than 60,000 cervical images collected from Costa Rica.
Costa Rica reports lower cancer mortality rates
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Costa Rica's cancer mortality rate declined 17 percent over the past 15 years, according to a new study from the Caja.
Movember returns to Costa Rica to boost prostate cancer awareness
Movember began in Australia in 2003 when a group of Australian men decided to grow moustaches as a show of support for their friend who had prostate cancer. Since then, the moustache has become the official banner of the fight against this disease, and the movement has become popular in at least 20 countries around the world.
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