Facilitating cancer research using natural language processing of pathology reports

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2004, Pages 565-569

  Xu, Hua ^a   Anderson, Kristin ^b   Grann, Victor R ^b   Friedman, Carol ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural Language Processing; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATED CODING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; GOLD STANDARDS; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; MINORITY WOMEN; SURGICAL PATHOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NATURAL LANGUAGES;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 70349460061     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-949-3-565     Document Type: Article

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