An artificial intelligence framework integrating longitudinal electronic health records with real-world data enables continuous pan-cancer prognostication

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Contributors

  • Olivier Morin - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Martin Vallières - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Steve Braunstein - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Jorge Barrios Ginart - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Taman Upadhaya - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Henry C Woodruff - , Maastricht University (Author)
  • Alex Zwanenburg - , University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Avishek Chatterjee - , McGill University (Author)
  • Javier E Villanueva-Meyer - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Gilmer Valdes - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • William Chen - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Julian C Hong - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Sue S Yom - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Timothy D Solberg - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Steffen Löck - , OncoRay ZIC - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (Partners: UKD, HZDR), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Jan Seuntjens - , McGill University (Author)
  • Catherine Park - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Philippe Lambin - , Maastricht University (Author)

Abstract

Despite widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), most hospitals are not ready to implement data science research in the clinical pipelines. Here, we develop MEDomics, a continuously learning infrastructure through which multimodal health data are systematically organized and data quality is assessed with the goal of applying artificial intelligence for individual prognosis. Using this framework, currently composed of thousands of individuals with cancer and millions of data points over a decade of data recording, we demonstrate prognostic utility of this framework in oncology. As proof of concept, we report an analysis using this infrastructure, which identified the Framingham risk score to be robustly associated with mortality among individuals with early-stage and advanced-stage cancer, a potentially actionable finding from a real-world cohort of individuals with cancer. Finally, we show how natural language processing (NLP) of medical notes could be used to continuously update estimates of prognosis as a given individual's disease course unfolds.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)709-722
Number of pages14
JournalNature cancer
Volume2
Issue number7
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85111270103
ORCID /0000-0002-7017-3738/work/142253923

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals