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ReviewHuman genetics2019

Translating cancer genomics into precision medicine with artificial intelligence: applications, challenges and future perspectives.

Jia Xu, Pengwei Yang, Shang Xue, Bhuvan Sharma, Marta Sanchez-Martin, Fang Wang, Kirk A Beaty, Elinor Dehan, Baiju Parikh

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Review in Human genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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84citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jia XuIBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, USA. xujia@us.ibm.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3921-018X
Pengwei YangIBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Shang XueIBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Bhuvan SharmaIBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Marta Sanchez-MartinIBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Fang WangIBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Kirk A BeatyIBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Elinor DehanIBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Baiju ParikhIBM Watson Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the field of cancer genomics, the broad availability of genetic information offered by next-generation sequencing technologies and rapid growth in biomedical publication has led to the advent of the big-data era. Integration of artificial intelligence (AI) approaches such as machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing (NLP) to tackle the challenges of scalability and high dimensionality of data and to transform big data into clinically actionable knowledge is expanding and becoming the foundation of precision medicine. In this paper, we review the current status and future directions of AI application in cancer genomics within the context of workflows to integrate genomic analysis for precision cancer care. The existing solutions of AI and their limitations in cancer genetic testing and diagnostics such as variant calling and interpretation are critically analyzed. Publicly available tools or algorithms for key NLP technologies in the literature mining for evidence-based clinical recommendations are reviewed and compared. In addition, the present paper highlights the challenges to AI adoption in digital healthcare with regard to data requirements, algorithmic transparency, reproducibility, and real-world assessment, and discusses the importance of preparing patients and physicians for modern digitized healthcare. We believe that AI will remain the main driver to healthcare transformation toward precision medicine, yet the unprecedented challenges posed should be addressed to ensure safety and beneficial impact to healthcare.

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Data MiningDiagnosis, Computer-AssistedGenomicsNatural Language ProcessingNeoplasmsPrecision MedicineAnimalsElectronic Data ProcessingHumans

Identifiers

PMID30671672
PMCPMC6373233

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