Xander Verbeek


2019

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A Personalized Data-to-Text Support Tool for Cancer Patients
Saar Hommes | Chris van der Lee | Felix Clouth | Jeroen Vermunt | Xander Verbeek | Emiel Krahmer
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Natural Language Generation

In this paper, we present a novel data-to-text system for cancer patients, providing information on quality of life implications after treatment, which can be embedded in the context of shared decision making. Currently, information on quality of life implications is often not discussed, partly because (until recently) data has been lacking. In our work, we rely on a newly developed prediction model, which assigns patients to scenarios. Furthermore, we use data-to-text techniques to explain these scenario-based predictions in personalized and understandable language. We highlight the possibilities of NLG for personalization, discuss ethical implications and also present the outcomes of a first evaluation with clinicians.