The Use of Natural Language Processing to Assess Social Support in Patients With Advanced Cancer.
Sunil BhattP Connor Connor JohnsonNetana H MarkovitzTamryn F GrayRyan D NippNneka UfereJulia RiceMatthew J ReynoldsMitchell W LavoieMadison A ClayCharlotta LindvallAreej R El-JawahriPublished in: The oncologist (2022)
We used NLP to assess the extent of social support in patients with advanced cancer. We did not identify significant associations of social support with OS or healthcare utilization but found cancer type may be an effect modifier of the relationship between social support and OS. These findings underscore the potential utility of NLP for evaluating social support in patients with advanced cancer.