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ArticleJMIR cancer2021

Medical Needs Extraction for Breast Cancer Patients from Question and Answer Services: Natural Language Processing-Based Approach.

Masaru Kamba, Masae Manabe, Shoko Wakamiya, Shuntaro Yada, Eiji Aramaki, Satomi Odani, Isao Miyashiro

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Article in JMIR cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masaru KambaDivision of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3691-9935
Masae ManabeDivision of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8018-4177
Shoko WakamiyaDivision of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9371-1340
Shuntaro YadaDivision of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-1054
Eiji AramakiDivision of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0201-3609
Satomi OdaniCancer Control Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6263-4952
Isao MiyashiroCancer Control Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2575-4971
Nara Institute of Science and Technology · JPOsaka International Cancer Institute · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA large number of patient narratives are available on various web services. As for web question and answer services, patient questions often relate to medical needs, and we expect these questions to provide clues for a better understanding of patients' medical needs.

objectiveThis study aimed to extract patients' needs and classify them into thematic categories. Clarifying patient needs is the first step in solving social issues that patients with cancer encounter.

methodsFor this study, we used patient question texts containing the key phrase "breast cancer," available at the Yahoo! Japan question and answer service, Yahoo! Chiebukuro, which contains over 60,000 questions on cancer. First, we converted the question text into a vector representation. Next, the relevance between patient needs and existing cancer needs categories was calculated based on cosine similarity.

resultsThe proportion of correct classifications in our proposed method was approximately 70%. Considering the results of classifying questions, we found the variation and the number of needs.

conclusionsWe created 3 corpora to classify the problems of patients with cancer. The proposed method was able to classify the problems considering the question text. Moreover, as an application example, the question text that included the side effect signaling of drugs and the unmet needs of cancer patients could be extracted. Revealing these needs is important to fulfill the medical needs of patients with cancer.

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internet usenatural language processingneoplasmspatient generated health data

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