Oropharyngeal Cancer Staging Health Record Extraction Using Artificial Intelligence.

Journal: JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery
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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Accurate, timely, and cost-effective methods for staging oropharyngeal cancers are crucial for patient prognosis and treatment decisions, but staging documentation is often inaccurate or incomplete. With the emergence of artificial intelligence in medicine, data abstraction may be associated with reduced costs but increased efficiency and accuracy of cancer staging.

Authors

  • Elif Baran
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Melissa Lee
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Steven Aviv
    Pentavere Research Group Inc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Jessica Weiss
    Pentavere, 460 College Street, Toronto, ON M6G 1A1, Canada.
  • Chris Pettengell
    Pentavere Research Group Inc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Irene Karam
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Andrew Bayley
    Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Ian Poon
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Kelvin K W Chan
    ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Ambica Parmar
    Division of Medical Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Martin Smoragiewicz
    Division of Medical Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Hagen Klieb
    Department of Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Tra Truong
    Department of Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Pejman Maralani
    Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Danny J Enepekides
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Kevin M Higgins
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Antoine Eskander
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.