Chat GPT

Twine

Many will have heard the name, but know little about this great learning resource. I was diagnosed with a stage 1b adenocarcenoma over 2 years ago and declined the default treatment of esophagectomy, opting instead for 3 then 6 month follow up endoscopy visits. I was declared cancer free at one point but then another tumour appeared in a different location and this time it was stage 2. I think that if I'd been aware of how good a tool ChatGPT is 2 years ago, it would have saved me an awful lot of hours trawling websites to try to make sense of the Data that may relate to my particular situation. This time I have been offered chemoradiation therapy after again declining an esophagectomy. The chances of 5 year survival are lower with chemoradiation therapy than with surgery but I'm happy that it should extend my current life expectation by a good way.

RJ100

Be aware the AI is still young. I find by using several different AI search engines I can get a couple varying answers. Most are alike, yet not as deep in response. They're good but only as good to where they look..

Use but use carefully and dig deeper!

Wishing you the best!

Twine

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1721865#Comment_1721865

Agree with the need to be careful. I've found it useful for verifying what I thought that I knew already.

RJ100

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1721904#Comment_1721904

I do as well. I was able to confirm a new treatment system for my wife and a new screening method. What I do like from ChatGPT and to an extent, Google's AI (which may be ChatGPT reformatted) is reference material so you can confirm and dig deeper.

Wish you well!