Artificial Intelligence Clinical Evidence Engine for Automatic Identification, Prioritization, and Extraction of Relevant Clinical Oncology Research.

Journal: JCO clinical cancer informatics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: We developed a system to automate analysis of the clinical oncology scientific literature from bibliographic databases and match articles to specific patient cohorts to answer specific questions regarding the efficacy of a treatment. The approach attempts to replicate a clinician's mental processes when reviewing published literature in the context of a patient case. We describe the system and evaluate its performance.

Authors

  • Fernando Suarez Saiz
    IBM Watson Health, IBM Corporation, Cambridge, MA.
  • Corey Sanders
    IBM Watson Health, IBM Corporation, Cambridge, MA.
  • Rick Stevens
    IBM Watson Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Robert Nielsen
    IBM Watson Health, IBM Corporation, Cambridge, MA.
  • Michael Britt
    IBM Watson Health, IBM Corporation, Cambridge, MA.
  • Leemor Yuravlivker
    IBM Watson Health, IBM Corporation, Cambridge, MA.
  • Anita M Preininger
    IBM Watson Health, IBM Corporation, Cambridge, MA.
  • Gretchen P Jackson
    IBM Watson Health, IBM Corporation, Cambridge, MA.