Being diagnosed with a rhabdomyosarcoma in the era of artificial intelligence: Whom can we trust?

Journal: Pediatric blood & cancer
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Abstract

In the era of big data, young patients may be overwhelmed by artificial intelligence-based tools, like chatbots. Five clinical experts were asked to evaluate the performance of the most currently used chatbots in providing information on a rare cancer affecting young people, like rhabdomyosarcoma. Generally speaking, despite their high performance in giving general information about the disease, these chatbots were considered by the experts to be inadequate in providing suggestions on cancer treatments and specialized centers, and also lacking in "sensitivity." Efforts are planned by the pediatric oncology community to improve the quality of data used to train these tools.

Authors

  • Carlo Alfredo Clerici
    Dipartimento di Oncologia ed emato-oncologia, Università di Milano - SC Pediatria, Fondazione Irccs Istituto nazionale dei tumori, ­Milano.
  • Alice Bernasconi
    Evaluative Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
  • Paolo Lasalvia
    Evaluative Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
  • Gianni Bisogno
    Hematology Oncology Division, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
  • Giuseppe Maria Milano
    Hematology/Oncology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
  • Annalisa Trama
    Evaluative Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
  • Stefano Chiaravalli
    Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
  • Luca Bergamaschi
    Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
  • Michela Casanova
    Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
  • Maura Massimino
    Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
  • Andrea Ferrari
    Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.