Automated Extraction of Patient-Centered Outcomes After Breast Cancer Treatment: An Open-Source Large Language Model-Based Toolkit.
Journal:
JCO clinical cancer informatics
Published Date:
Aug 1, 2024
Abstract
PURPOSE: Patient-centered outcomes (PCOs) are pivotal in cancer treatment, as they directly reflect patients' quality of life. Although multiple studies suggest that factors affecting breast cancer-related morbidity and survival are influenced by treatment side effects and adherence to long-term treatment, such data are generally only available on a smaller scale or from a single center. The primary challenge with collecting these data is that the outcomes are captured as free text in clinical narratives written by clinicians.