Illuminating the Path of Cancer Care with a

treatment journey. It is at an early stage of design. They are working on a prototype.

"Illuminating the Path of Cancer Care with a Chatbot" (Vanessa Liu, CareBud) [#82] Vanessa plans to use GPT-4 as the base model for the minimum viable product (MVP) and use information from Cancer Patient Lab. The business model for the app includes multiple revenue streams through B2B and B2C subscriptions, partnerships, and education campaigns.

CareBud will target advanced and newly diagnosed cancer patients with different needs and questions. The team is testing and evaluating the chatbot's accuracy and helpfulness, with a potential focus on lung cancer patients initially. What ideas did meeting participants share about their unmet needs and design preferences? ●Guide cancer patients to personalized resources.

●Build a supportive community. ●Address misinformation and scams in cancer diagnosis. ●Personalize interactions. ●Provide information on clinical trials. ●Provide source references and citations for opinions and advice. ●Be free or low-cost. How do patients currently get information to guide their decisions?

●Google, internet search ●Books ●Conversation with their physician ●ChatGPT ●Online support groups, like Malecare (for prostate cancer), Inspire, PatientsLikeMe ●Personally researched peer groups of similar patients ●Literature search, contact the principal investigator ●Clinicaltrials.

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"Illuminating the Path of Cancer Care with a Chatbot" (Vanessa Liu, CareBud) [#82] Meeting Notes SUMMARY KEYWORDS vanessa, patients, oncologist, people, questions, gpt, cancer patient, users, information, treatment, mvp, utilize, data, resources, model, talking, cancer, conversations, answer, misinformation SPEAKERS Vanessa Liu (41%), Brad Power (19%), Jeffrey Dwyer (11%), Amit Gattani (8%), Rick Stanton (5%), Bapcha M (4%), Eric Hall (4%), David Plunkett (4%), Al Musella (3%) OUTLINE 1.

Developing a chatbot-based app for cancer patients. (0:03) 2.Developing an AI chatbot for cancer patients. (3:17) 3.Using an AI chatbot for cancer patient support. (10:00) 4.Developing a chatbot for cancer patients. (17:50) 5.Using AI chatbots in healthcare with experts. (26:39) 6.Dealing with misinformation and scams in cancer diagnosis. (28:55) 7.

Filtering misinformation and customizing AI models for medical use cases. (31:01) 8.

for cancer patient support. (10:00) 4.Developing a chatbot for cancer patients. (17:50) 5.Using AI chatbots in healthcare with experts. (26:39) 6.Dealing with misinformation and scams in cancer diagnosis. (28:55) 7.Filtering misinformation and customizing AI models for medical use cases. (31:01) 8.AI data sanitization and landing zone for a customer-facing company. (32:33) 9.

Developing an AI-powered chatbot for cancer patients. (36:30) 10.Cancer treatment research and patient support. (43:34) 11.Personalized cancer treatment research. (49:45) 12.Cancer treatment options and resources. (53:57) 13.Cancer treatment options and resources. (59:27) 14.Cancer diagnosis and treatment options. (1:02:21) SUMMARY ●Developing a chatbot-based app for cancer patients.

0:03 ○Vanessa Liu discusses developing a chatbot-based app for cancer patients with Brad Power. ○Brad Power introduces Vanessa to the Cancer Patient Lab, offering feedback on her software. ●Developing an AI chatbot for cancer patients. 3:17 ○Vanessa shares her personal experience caring for husband with PCA, emphasizing appreciation for time and effort.

○Patients seek advanced treatment after relapse, citing lack of communication and information resources. ○Developing an AI chatbot to provide personalized and proactive cancer patient support. ●Using AI chatbot for cancer patient support. 10:00 ○Patient advocate suggests chatbot to guide cancer patients to personalized resources, build community.

"Illuminating the Path of Cancer Care with a Chatbot" (Vanessa Liu, CareBud) [#82] ○Developing chatbot to provide treatment and medical-related information, avoiding giving medical advice. ○Vanessa uses GPT-4 as the base model for the MVP, prioritizing cancer patient Lab information. ●Developing a chatbot for cancer patients.

17:50 ○Vanessa discusses MVP and user attraction, and plans to gather feedback through surveys. ○Al Musella discusses his organization's chatbot for brain cancer patients, seeking partnership with Cancer Commons. ○CareBud’s business model aims to provide multiple revenue streams through B2B and B2C subscriptions, partnerships, and education campaigns.

●Using AI chatbots in healthcare with experts. 26:39 ○Patients and experts discussing medical treatments could become chatbot's knowledge base. ●Dealing with misinformation and scams in cancer diagnosis. 28:55 ○Bapcha M discusses the importance of addressing misinformation and scams in the cancer community. ●Filtering misinformation and customizing AI models for medical use cases.

31:01 ○Vanessa Branscombe discusses customizing large language models for specific use cases, such as cancer diagnosis. ●AI data sanitization and landing zone for customer-facing company. 32:33 ○Amit Gattani discusses data sanitization and LLM training, focusing on the importance of understanding the landing zone of a customer-facing company.

○Amit Gattani seeks to understand the needs of his audience to provide personalized advice.

on and landing zone for customer-facing company. 32:33 ○Amit Gattani discusses data sanitization and LLM training, focusing on the importance of understanding the landing zone of a customer-facing company. ○Amit Gattani seeks to understand the needs of his audience to provide personalized advice. ●Developing AI-powered chatbot for cancer patients.

36:30 ○Vanessa explains that the chatbot will be targeted towards advanced and newly diagnosed cancer patients, as they have different needs and questions. ○The team is still testing and evaluating the chatbot's answers to ensure they are accurate and helpful, and may initially focus on lung cancer patients due to their majority in the cancer center sector.

○Brad Power and Rick Stanton are interested in helping Vanessa develop her MVP. ○Vanessa is working on developing her MVP, with a timeline of getting to a release point in the future. ●Cancer treatment research and patient support. 43:34 ○Vanessa seeks feedback from oncologists on their MVP release in early March.

○David Plunkett and Eric Hall discuss their experiences with online research for cancer treatment, including using ChatGPT and support groups. ○David Plunkett was disappointed by the lack of helpful resources from his medical organization's website, leading him to seek out online support groups instead. ●Personalized cancer treatment research.

49:45 ○Jeffrey Dwyer connects with other prostate cancer patients through patient advocacy sites and personalized interactions. ○Jeffrey Dwyer, a prostate cancer survivor, shares his unconventional approach to researching and gathering information on prostate cancer treatments. ●Cancer treatment options and resources.

53:57 ○Amit Gattani suggests multi-sourcing and crowdsourcing information on cancer clinical trials to build trust and navigate the complex landscape.

"Illuminating the Path of Cancer Care with a Chatbot" (Vanessa Liu, CareBud) [#82] ○Rick Stanton shares his experience of getting next therapy options from his oncologist, highlighting the importance of personalized advice and failed treatments. ○Rick Stanton is on a clinical trial for his prostate cancer and is not actively researching treatments, but will re-engage when the trial ends.

○David Plunkett wants a chat AI to provide references and citations for opinions and advice given. ●Cancer treatment options and resources. 59:27 ○Brad Power shares his experience with cancer treatment and the resources he uses to stay informed, including Cancer Commons, Massive Bio, and CureMatch.

○He emphasizes the importance of having access to free or low-cost resources for cancer patients, particularly when it comes to clinical trials and drug combinations. ●Cancer diagnosis and treatment options. 1:02:21 ○Jeffrey Dwyer shares his experience with cancer diagnosis and treatment, feeling overwhelmed by the lack of clear information and conflicting opinions from medical professionals.