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Julian Hong

@julianhong.bsky.social
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Radiation oncologist • Director of #radonc #informatics @UCSFCancer.bsky.social • Computational scientist @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social @ucjointcph.bsky.social Data and AI -> cancer care clone wars historian • LEGO collector • BBQ amateur honglab.ucsf.edu

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“Over the past several years, we’ve had an increasing appreciation for the important relationship between cancer, its treatment, and mental health,” lead author Julian Hong, MD, MS @julianhong.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Does mental health affect mortality risk in adults with cancer?
In a study of adults with cancer published by Wiley online in CANCER, those who developed a mental health condition within the first year after their cancer diagnosis had a hi...
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UCSF Radiation Oncology @ucsfradonc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Resident Research Day: Driving the Future of Research! Medical & Physics residents presentations, Data Science speakers, Highlights: radonc.ucsf.edu/resident-res... @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social @sjohnliu.bsky.social @sueyom.bsky.social @ajh.bsky.social @julianhong.bsky.social
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Resident Research Day 2026: Driving the Future of Research - UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology
Medical and Physics residents and faculty convened at the end of January 2026 for Residents Research Day – a full day of insightful presentations, engaging round table discussions, a guest faculty lec...
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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Join our special Oct. UCSF AI Seminar Series, 10/31! Costumes Encouraged/Refreshments served (or Zoom)! We'll honor Atul Butte's enduring legacy showcasing projects built on the computational ecosystem he created @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @julianhong.bsky.social calendar.ucsf.edu/event/semina...
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I heard this morning that my informatics colleague Dr. Atul Butte passed after a battle with cancer. He was a giant in the field & inspired many of us over his distinguished career. He was a passionate champion of the power of big data & his impact on our field is immeasurable. RIP Atul & thanks.
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Karandeep(Singh) @kdpsingh.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
"All the data in the world will not make a difference, unless there are people ready to use it." — Atul Butte, MD, PHD, FACMI 2024 Morris F. Collen Award Winner
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
So…about AI’s energy use… “…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
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Report: Creating a 5-second AI video is like running a microwave for an hour
That's a long time in the microwave.
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UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Considerations in Translating AI to Improve Care - Commentary/Oncology by @julianhong.bsky.social Divneet Mandair; Marianna Elia @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucjointcph.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Considerations in Translating AI to Improve Care
The potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on personalized medicine, clinical decision support, clinical workflow optimization, and health care management has attracted the attention of pati...
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UCSF Radiation Oncology @ucsfradonc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Frontiers in Computational Health conference - Marianna Elia at poster externally validating model Predicting ER visits & hospitalizations during #radonc treatments @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @julianhong.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @UCJointCPH.bsky.social ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…
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UCSF Radiation Oncology @ucsfradonc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
From @julianhong.bsky.social lab led by Chichi Chang - used natural language processing to evaluate symptoms experienced by >28k patients w/ cancer prior to emergency visits and hospitalizations @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social JAMA Network Open: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO @fumikochino.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Editorial: Identifying the appropriate target for an #AI intervention in a health care system is of utmost importance... socioeconomic, behavioral, and systemic issues [are] not easily navigable with technology as it stands @julianhong.bsky.social @jama.com
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Considerations in Translating AI to Improve Care
The potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on personalized medicine, clinical decision support, clinical workflow optimization, and health care management has attracted the attention of pati...
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Julian Hong @julianhong.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Excited to share our latest paper in @jmirpub.bsky.social led by Dr. Daphna Spiegel of @bidmc-cancercenter.bsky.social #radonc Social media conversations are important resources for patients making decisions in breast cancer treatment. We applied #AI #NLP to characterize these conversations #bcsm
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Exploring the Social Media Discussion of Breast Cancer Treatment Choices: Quantitative Natural Language Processing Study
Background: Early-stage breast cancer has the complex challenge of carrying a favorable prognosis with multiple treatment options, including breast conserving surgery (BCS) or mastectomy. Social media...
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Angela Cochran @acochran12733.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
New in #JCOOP: “Toxicity in phase III oncology clinical trials is often incompletely reported and is frequently minimized in its interpretation. Industry-sponsored trials more comprehensively report toxicity than do cooperative group–sponsored trials.” ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/... #JCOJournals
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Incomplete Toxicity Reporting and Use of Toxicity-Minimizing Language in Phase III Oncology Trials | JCO Oncology Practice
PURPOSEThis study aimed to determine complete toxicity reporting (CTR), and the use of subjective toxicity-minimizing language (TML) among phase III oncology trials.METHODSTwo-arm superiority-design p...
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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
It is with great sadness that we mourn our cherished friend and colleague Felix Feng, MD. Felix was a distinguished physician-scientist and beloved at @ucsfhealth.bsky.social. His vision, dedication, and commitment inspired colleagues, peers everywhere, and patients. cancer.ucsf.edu/in-memoriam-...
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Toni Choueiri, MD @drchoueiri.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Heartbroken💔we lost Dr. Felix Feng— close friend, selfless collaborator, brilliant scientist. We miss you--too early my friend. To all: please consider supporting this ACS/ASTRO award in Felix name: donate.cancer.org/g/tjjfqwdnrxrl…?
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I just helped save a life
You can save one, too. Donate now.
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Julian Hong @julianhong.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Excited to share our latest paper evaluating large language models in assessing oncology radiology reports. Led by superstars Travis Zack and CPH student Li-Cheng Chen! @atulbutte.bsky.social Annotated reports included @ucsf-bcshi.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...
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Assessing Large Language Models for Oncology Data Inference From Radiology Reports | JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
PURPOSEWe examined the effectiveness of proprietary and open large language models (LLMs) in detecting disease presence, location, and treatment response in pancreatic cancer from radiology reports.ME...
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The next offering of the AMIA-OHSU introductory course in biomedical and health informatics begins next week! More information and registration at: www.amia.org/education-ev...
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AMIA 10x10 with Oregon Health & Science University
Introduction to Biomedical and Health Informat
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Julian Hong @julianhong.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Julian Hong @julianhong.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
One of the main goals of healthcare #AI has been to reduce burnout. Interesting study showing radiology AI use correlated with burnout (interacting with workload+acceptance). Good accompanying commentary too! Burnout is complex, workflows/human factors matter. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Artificial Intelligence and Radiologist Burnout
This cross-sectional study investigates whether there is an association between artificial intelligence (AI) use in radiology and radiologist burnout in China.
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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov
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Maarten van Smeden @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
How it started: "AI is going to replace randomized clinical trials" How it is going: ai.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
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We Need More Randomized Clinical Trials of AI
In the first prospective clinical trial of artificial intelligence (AI) assistance in stress echocardiography, there was no difference in diagnostic accuracy between AI assistance and standard-of-c...
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We Need More Randomized Clinical Trials of AI ai.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/... #artificialintelligence #bioinformatics #clinicaltrials
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We Need More Randomized Clinical Trials of AI
In the first prospective clinical trial of artificial intelligence (AI) assistance in stress echocardiography, there was no difference in diagnostic accuracy between AI assistance and standard-of-c...
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