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Lisa Fields

New York, Philadelphia
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Freelance writer. Single mom. Swimmer. Quilter. '80s music lover. Optimist. @WebMD @ReadersDigest
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Large language model-based system identifies cardiac event data in cancer patients' electronic health records

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By Lisa Fields, Sadie Harley, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
Confusion matrices for the LLMs in the development cohort. This initial screening phase assessed the models' classification. The top row demonstrates that general-purpose reasoning models (DeepSeek-R1-70b, Llama-3.3, and Mistral-Large) achieved a strong balance of high diagnostic accuracy and near-perfect formatting adherence. Based on these profiles, the top three models were advanced to the validation cohorts. Credit: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (2026).
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Social determinants of health linked to more fatalistic cancer beliefs

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By Lisa Fields, Sadie Harley, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from Thomas Jefferson University shows that greater cumulative exposure to adverse social determinants of health is associated with beliefs that cancer is unavoidable or a death sentence. This can influence whether people choose to be screened for common cancers or seek treatment after a diagnosis. The study analyzed survey data from Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center—Jefferson Health on cancer beliefs and social risk factors.
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Finding a rhythm of their own

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By Lisa Fields
| mastercard.com
Growing up in suburban Philadelphia, Shana Pistilli watched with mounting frustration as her neurodiverse and special-needs classmates were excluded from activities she loved. “I was always hyper-aware of the [neurodiverse kids] when I was in high school and them not even having the chance to try out for things,” Pistilli says. “I had the ability to sign up for soccer, no questions asked.
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