Artificial Intelligence for cancer care

Providing personalised support for patients undergoing cancer treatment has taken a big step forward thanks to human-centric Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed at La Trobe University. The Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition (CDAC) at La Trobe University has teamed up with international cancer researchers to create the Patient-Reported Information Multidimensional Framework (PRIME) for detection and analysis of patient behaviours, clinical factors, decision-making and deep emotions when dealing with cancer. Using new AI algorithms and natural language processing (NLP) techniques to make sense of vast quantities of information, Professor Damminda Alahakoon – Director of CDAC and Analytics Discipline Head at La Trobe University – said PRIME can better understand a patient's mental health status based entirely on the data shared by the patient. "This data can be the text a patient provides to an online chatbot, an online cancer support group or other online support service," ...