To trust or not to trust: evaluating the reliability and safety of AI responses to laryngeal cancer queries.

Journal: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
PMID: 38652298

Abstract

PURPOSE: As online health information-seeking surges, concerns mount over the quality and safety of accessible content, potentially leading to patient harm through misinformation. On one hand, the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare could prevent it; on the other hand, questions raise regarding the quality and safety of the medical information provided. As laryngeal cancer is a prevalent head and neck malignancy, this study aims to evaluate the utility and safety of three large language models (LLMs) as sources of patient information about laryngeal cancer.

Authors

  • Magdalena Ostrowska
    Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, ul.Marie Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
  • Paulina Kacała
    ENT Scientific Club, Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, ul.Marie Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
  • Deborah Onolememen
    ENT Scientific Club, Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, ul.Marie Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
  • Katie Vaughan-Lane
    ENT Scientific Club, Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, ul.Marie Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland. katielane.kl@gmail.com.
  • Anitta Sisily Joseph
    ENT Scientific Club, Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, ul.Marie Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
  • Adam Ostrowski
    Department of Urology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, ul.Marie Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
  • Wioletta Pietruszewska
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
  • Jacek Banaszewski
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Oncology, Poznan University of Medical Science, ul Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355, Poznań, Poland.
  • Maciej J Wróbel
    Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

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