Dynamic treatment regimes (DTRs) are sequential decision rules that focus simultaneously on treatment individualization and adaptation over time. To directly identify the optimal DTR in a multi-stage multi-treatment setting, we propose a dynamic stat...
BACKGROUND: Surgical resection is a critical element in the treatment of esophageal cancer. Esophagectomy is technically challenging and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Efforts to reduce these rates have spurred the adoption of...
Imaging of cancer with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) has become a standard component of diagnosis and staging in oncology, and is becoming more important as a quantitative monitor of individual response to therapy....
BACKGROUND: Open transthoracic esophagectomy is the worldwide gold standard in the treatment of resectable esophageal cancer. Robot-assisted minimally invasive thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy (RAMIE) for esophageal cancer may be associated with re...
PURPOSE: Recent advancements in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics algorithms have facilitated significant breakthroughs in both fundamental and clinical tumor research. Nevertheless, the processing and utilization of large-scale data continu...
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is one of the most accurate methods for determining the originating layer of subepithelial lesions (SELs). However, the accuracy is greatly influenced by the expertise and proficiency of the endoscopist. In thi...
BACKGROUND: Anastomotic strictures (AS) frequently occurs in patients following esophageal cancer surgery, significantly affecting their long-term quality of life. This study aims to develop a machine learning model to predict high-risk AS, enabling ...
In this article we comment on the paper by Xu describing retrospective data on endoscopic treatment outcome of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Esophageal GIST is a rare type of mesenchymal tumor. GISTs originate from the intersti...
BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, with a high mortality rate. Early prognosis of esophageal abnormalities can improve patient survival rates. The progression of esophageal cancer follows a sequence from esophagi...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
This work explores the automated extraction of medical information from Dutch clinical notes using Llama-3 and a limited amount of annotations. We compared zero-, one- and few-shot learning for the extraction of performance status of patients with pa...
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