Natural Language Processing in Oncology: A Review.

Journal: JAMA oncology
Published Date: Jun 1, 2016

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Natural language processing (NLP) has the potential to accelerate translation of cancer treatments from the laboratory to the clinic and will be a powerful tool in the era of personalized medicine. This technology can harvest important clinical variables trapped in the free-text narratives within electronic medical records.

Authors

  • Wen-Wai Yim
    Departments of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.
  • Meliha Yetisgen
    Departments of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle2Departments of Linguistics, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.
  • William P Harris
    Division of Oncology, Departments of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.
  • Sharon W Kwan
    Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.

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