Artificial intelligence and colorectal cancer: How far can you go?

Table 1 Application of artificial intelligence in colorectal cancer

Setting	Application	Ref.
Diagnosis	Polyp identification	[16-20]
	Polyp characterization	[21-25]
	Prediction of invasive cancer within a polypoid lesion	[26,27]
	Search for new diagnostic biomarkers	[10]
	Pathologic biopsy	[28]
Treatment	Preoperative evaluation	[10]
	Robot-assisted surgery	[29]
	Drug delivering in a targeted manner	[30]
	Evaluation of drugs pharmacokinetic	[31]
	Prediction of the rate of toxicity	[32]
	Watson for Oncology project	[33]
Prognosis	Search for new prognostic biomarkers	[38]
	Evaluation of tumour-stroma ratio	[35]
	Prediction of lymph-node metastasis	[36,37]