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. 2015 Aug 31;17(8):e212. doi: 10.2196/jmir.4612

Table 2.

Examples of splitting a phrase failure.

Sample sentence Ideally mapped UMLS concept First mapped term (UMLS concept name) Second mapped term (UMLS concept name)
“My mom had unknown primary and it was a PET scan that helped them find the primary.” PET/CT scan PET (Pet Animal) Scan (Radionuclide Imaging)
“It was removed and I have had stereotactic treatment along with 6 rounds of Taxol/Carbo completed in January 2012.” [sic] Stereotactic Radiation Treatment Stereotactic (Stereotactic) Treatment (Therapeutic Aspects)
“Had 25 internal rad treatments (along with cisplatin on day 1 and 25).” [sic] Therapeutic Radiology Procedure Rad (Radiation Absorbed Dose) Treatments (Therapeutic Procedure)
“I am Triple Negative BC and there are no follow-up treatments for us TN's.” Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms Triple (Triplicate) Negative (Negative)
“My doc thinks I will probably end up having a double mastectomy” None available Double (Double Value Type) Mastectomy (Mastectomy)
“I thought after 9 months my hair would be back but I have grown some type of hair that I am told is ‘chemo curls’.” None available Chemo (Chemotherapy Regimen) Curls (Early Endosome)