Can online support groups address psychological morbidity of cancer patients? An artificial intelligence based investigation of prostate cancer trajectories

• Achini Adikari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Research Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5112-5063

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• Daswin de Silva,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Research Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3878-5969

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• Weranja K. B. Ranasinghe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: weranja@gmail.com

  Affiliations Research Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4006-0388

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• Tharindu Bandaragoda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Research Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5047-3496

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• Oshadi Alahakoon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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• Raj Persad,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NHS Trust, North Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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• Nathan Lawrentschuk,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne and Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, EJ Whitten Prostate Cancer Research Centre at Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, Australia, Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8553-5618

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• Damminda Alahakoon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

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• Damien Bolton

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne and Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

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