Applying Artificial Intelligence to Address the Knowledge Gaps in Cancer Care.

Journal: The oncologist
Published Date: Nov 16, 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Rapid advances in science challenge the timely adoption of evidence-based care in community settings. To bridge the gap between what is possible and what is practiced, we researched approaches to developing an artificial intelligence (AI) application that can provide real-time patient-specific decision support.

Authors

  • George Simon
    Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Courtney D DiNardo
    Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Koichi Takahashi
    Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Tina Cascone
    Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Cynthia Powers
    Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Rick Stevens
    IBM Watson Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Joshua Allen
    IBM Watson, New York New York, USA.
  • Mara B Antonoff
    Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: mbantonoff@mdanderson.org.
  • Daniel Gomez
    Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Pat Keane
    IBM Watson Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Fernando Suarez Saiz
    IBM Watson Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Quynh Nguyen
    Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Emily Roarty
    Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Sherry Pierce
    Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Jianjun Zhang
    Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Emily Hardeman Barnhill
    Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Kate Lakhani
    Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Kenna Shaw
    Department of Genomic Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Brett Smith
    Department of Genomic Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Stephen Swisher
    Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Rob High
    IBM Watson, New York New York, USA.
  • P Andrew Futreal
    Department of Genomic Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • John Heymach
    Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Lynda Chin
    Department of Genomic Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA lchin@utsystem.edu.

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