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ArticleTumori2026

Generative AI and medical oncologists: Be curious, but cautious!

Silvana Quaglini, Lucia Sacchi, Federico Sottotetti, Andrea Premoli, Laura D Locati

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Article in Tumori, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Silvana QuagliniDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Italy.
Lucia SacchiDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Italy.
Federico SottotettiMedical Oncology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.
Andrea PremoliMedical Oncology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-4411-8012
Laura D LocatiMedical Oncology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this editorial is to explore the potential and risks of using AI in the medical field, particularly in oncology. We describe the history of AI from its origins to the present day, highlighting its positive aspects and potential for each type of AI (expert system, machine learning, generative AI). Technologies like ChatGPT are increasingly being used across various domains; however, without proper caution, they can give rise to phenomena such as 'AI hallucinations'-responses that may appear precise, detailed, clear, and logical, but are in fact entirely fabricated and unfounded, potentially confusing those who read them. We want to caution oncologists against the unconditional use of these technologies, where human input remains still essential both in interpreting the responses and in formulating the questions.

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Artificial IntelligenceMedical OncologyNeoplasmsOncologistsGenerative Artificial IntelligenceHumansLarge Language ModelsMachine LearningAI hallucinationsartificial intelligence (AI)ChatGPTlarge language models (LLMs)medical decision-makingoncology

Identifiers

PMID41508544
PMCPMC12916869

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