Computational methods reveal complex psychosocial themes in oncology social work, suggesting variations across cancer types.
Topic modeling supplemented by large-language model interpretation reveals complex psychosocial themes experienced by patients receiving social work services during cancer care. We envision these methods supporting research that clusters oncological social work notes into thematic cohorts for qualitative studies on how social work care differs across patient strata and how topics are differentially distributed across cancer subtypes.
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