Artificial neural networks for simultaneously predicting the risk of multiple co‐occurring symptoms among patients with cancer

Patients with cancer often exhibit multiple co-occurring symptoms which can impact the type of treatment received, recovery, and long-term health. We aim to simultaneously predict the risk of three symptoms: severe pain, moderate-severe depression, and poor well-being in order to flag patients who may benefit from pre-emptive early symptom management. This was a retrospective population-based cohort study of adults diagnosed with cancer between …