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Why clinicians are reconsidering race-based algorithms

Algorithms are ubiquitous in medicine. They can take the form of a flowchart, a simple equation, or a complicated AI model, and are used to help clinicians diagnose diseases, predict the chances of ...
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Doctors use problematic race-based algorithms to guide care every day. Why are they so hard to change?

This is Part 1 of Embedded Bias, a series revealing how race-based clinical algorithms pervade medicine and why it's so difficult to change them. Pediatrician Alexandra Epee-Bounya had had enough. In ...
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Advancing HCC Surveillance in Latin America: Clinical Utility of Biomarker-Based Multivariate Algorithm

Epatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide, with prognosis closely ...
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Development of an Automatic Rule-Based Algorithm for the Detection of Ovarian Cancer Recurrence From Electronic Health Records

The automatic rule-based recurrence detection algorithm (Auto-Recur), using notes on image reading (positron emission tomography-computed tomography [PET-CT], CT, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]), ...
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Examining The History, Consequences, and Effects of Race-Based Clinical Algorithms on Health Equity: A Workshop

Many health systems depend on prediction algorithms to identify and help patients with various health conditions. Some of these algorithms exhibit significant racial bias, resulting in millions of ...