3 papers
cs.CL2026
ELM: A Hybrid Ensemble of Language Models for Automated Tumor Group Classification in Population-Based Cancer Registries
Lovedeep Gondara, Jonathan Simkin, Shebnum Devji +2
Background: Population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) manually extract data from unstructured pathology reports, a labor-intensive process where assigning reports to tumor groups…
cs.CL2025
Small or Large? Zero-Shot or Finetuned? Guiding Language Model Choice for Specialized Applications in Healthcare
Lovedeep Gondara, Jonathan Simkin, Graham Sayle +3
This study aims to guide language model selection by investigating: 1) the necessity of finetuning versus zero-shot usage, 2) the benefits of domain-adjacent versus generic pretrai…
cs.CL2025
Bridging AI Innovation and Healthcare Needs: Lessons Learned from Incorporating Modern NLP at The BC Cancer Registry
Lovedeep Gondara, Gregory Arbour, Raymond Ng +2
Automating data extraction from clinical documents offers significant potential to improve efficiency in healthcare settings, yet deploying Natural Language Processing (NLP) soluti…