Providing Care Beyond Therapy Sessions With a Natural Language Processing–Based Recommender System That Identifies Cancer Patients Who Experience Psychosocial Challenges and Provides Self-care Support: Pilot Study

Yvonne W Leung   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Bomi Park   ^{1, 4} , BHSc ;   Rachel Heo   ⁵ , MD ;   Achini Adikari   ⁶ , PhD ;   Suja Chackochan   ¹ , MSc ;   Jiahui Wong   ¹ , PhD ;   Elyse Alie   ¹ , BSc ;   Mathew Gancarz   ¹ , MSc ;   Martyna Kacala   ¹ , BSc ;   Graeme Hirst   ⁷ , PhD ;   Daswin de Silva   ⁶ , PhD ;   Leon French   ² , PhD ;   Jacqueline Bender   ^{2, 8} , PhD ;   Faye Mishna   ⁹ , PhD ;   David Gratzer   ^{2, 10} , MD ;   Damminda Alahakoon   ⁶ , PhD ;   Mary Jane Esplen   ² , PhD

¹ de Souza Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ The Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁶ Research Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia

⁷ Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ The Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada