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Briefing
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- Automation – Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers applied deep learning to automate extraction of information from cancer pathology reports
- Two tasks – Program tasked to identify cancer's primary location, including which side of body cancer was located
- Results – Algorithm performed significantly better than other methods
- Benefits – Can enable medical researchers and policy makers to gain detailed view of U.S. cancer population, which can uncover overlooked areas of cancer research and accelerate therapy development
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Healthcare/Health Sciences
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Organization
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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November 8, 2016
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