Why Cancer Guidelines Remain Stuck in PDFs
2024-12-24
Cancer treatment guidelines are often presented as unwieldy PDFs, hindering standardization of care. The author argues that guidelines are essentially complex decision trees; converting them into machine-readable, structured data could significantly improve cancer treatment. A prototype tool was developed using LLMs to extract information from the NCCN breast cancer guidelines PDF, creating a visual decision tree and an agent that navigates the tree based on patient information to suggest treatment. While early-stage, this demonstrates the potential of structuring guidelines to enhance efficiency and standardization in healthcare.
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