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ArticleThe British journal of surgery2023

Validating a novel natural language processing pathway for automated quality assurance in surgical oncology: incomplete excision rates of 34 955 basal cell carcinomas.

Stephen R Ali, Thomas D Dobbs, Matthew Jovic, Huw Strafford, Beata Fonferko-Shadrach, Arron S Lacey, Namor Williams, William Owen Pickrell, Hayley A Hutchings, Iain S Whitaker

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Article in The British journal of surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Natural language processing in dermatology: A systematic literature review and state of the art.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Stephen R AliReconstructive Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre. Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9917-3432
Thomas D DobbsReconstructive Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre. Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, UK.
Matthew JovicReconstructive Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre. Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, UK.
Huw StraffordNeurology and Molecular Neuroscience Group, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Beata Fonferko-ShadrachNeurology and Molecular Neuroscience Group, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Arron S LaceyNeurology and Molecular Neuroscience Group, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Namor WilliamsDepartment of Cellular Pathology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
William Owen PickrellNeurology and Molecular Neuroscience Group, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Hayley A HutchingsPatient and Population Health and Informatics Research, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4155-1741
Iain S WhitakerReconstructive Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre. Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3922-2079

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Basal Cell CarcinomaSkin NeoplasmsSurgical OncologyHumansNatural Language ProcessingRetrospective Studies

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PMID36935397
PMCPMC10416688

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