Leveraging Large Language Models and Survival Analysis for Early Prediction of Chemotherapy Outcomes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11594v1
• Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:25:12 GMT
• Title: Leveraging Large Language Models and Survival Analysis for Early Prediction of Chemotherapy Outcomes
• Abstract summary: Chemotherapy for cancer treatment is costly and accompanied by severe side effects.<n> Predictive models for chemotherapy outcomes using real-world data face challenges.<n>This study addresses these challenges by employing Large Language Models (LLMs) and ontology-based techniques.
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• Abstract: Chemotherapy for cancer treatment is costly and accompanied by severe side effects, highlighting the critical need for early prediction of treatment outcomes to improve patient management and informed decision-making. Predictive models for chemotherapy outcomes using real-world data face challenges, including the absence of explicit phenotypes and treatment outcome labels such as cancer progression and toxicity. This study addresses these challenges by employing Large Language Models (LLMs) and ontology-based techniques for phenotypes and outcome label extraction from patient notes. We focused on one of the most frequently occurring cancers, breast cancer, due to its high prevalence and significant variability in patient response to treatment, making it a critical area for improving predictive modeling. The dataset included features such as vitals, demographics, staging, biomarkers, and performance scales. Drug regimens and their combinations were extracted from the chemotherapy plans in the EMR data and shortlisted based on NCCN guidelines, verified with NIH standards, and analyzed through survival modeling. The proposed approach significantly reduced phenotypes sparsity and improved predictive accuracy. Random Survival Forest was used to predict time-to-failure, achieving a C-index of 73%, and utilized as a classifier at a specific time point to predict treatment outcomes, with accuracy and F1 scores above 70%. The outcome probabilities were validated for reliability by calibration curves. We extended our approach to four other cancer types. This research highlights the potential of early prediction of treatment outcomes using LLM-based clinical data extraction enabling personalized treatment plans with better patient outcomes.

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