Using large language models to identify prediagnostic clinical features of ovarian cancer from healthcare records: a population-based case–control study

Garth Funston; Namu Park; Matthew Thompson; Meliha Yetisgen; Barbara A Goff; Larry Kessler; Fiona M Walter

doi:10.3399/BJGP.2025.0366

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Using large language models to identify prediagnostic clinical features of ovarian cancer from healthcare records: a population-based case–control study

Garth Funston, Namu Park, Matthew Thompson, Meliha Yetisgen, Barbara A Goff, Larry Kessler and Fiona M Walter

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (768): e544-e551. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0366

Garth Funston

1 Centre for Cancer Screening, Prevention and Early Diagnosis, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

BSc, MB BChir, PhD, clinical senior lecturer

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For correspondence: g.funston{at}qmul.ac.uk

Namu Park

2 Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US

MSc, doctoral student

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Matthew Thompson

3 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, US

DPhil, MRCGP, MPH, professor of family medicine

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Meliha Yetisgen

2 Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US

PhD, professor of biomedical informatics

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Barbara A Goff

4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US

MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology

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Larry Kessler

5 Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US

ScD, professor of health systems and population health

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Fiona M Walter

6 The Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

MA, MD, FRCGP, professor of primary care cancer research

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Using large language models to identify prediagnostic clinical features of ovarian cancer from healthcare records: a population-based case–control study

Garth Funston, Namu Park, Matthew Thompson, Meliha Yetisgen, Barbara A Goff, Larry Kessler, Fiona M Walter

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (768): e544-e551. DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0366

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Using large language models to identify prediagnostic clinical features of ovarian cancer from healthcare records: a population-based case–control study

Garth Funston, Namu Park, Matthew Thompson, Meliha Yetisgen, Barbara A Goff, Larry Kessler, Fiona M Walter

British Journal of General Practice 2026; 76 (768): e544-e551. DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0366

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