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The Large Cancer Assistant (LCA): A Model-Agnostic Orchestration Framework for Scalable Clinical Decision Support in Oncology

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arxiv.org/abs/2607.06531v1

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The Large Cancer Assistant (LCA) is a proposed framework designed to improve the scalability of clinical decision support systems in oncology. It aims to address the rigidity of current multimodal deep learning models by introducing a model-agnostic, post-hoc orchestration framework that separates data ingestion, clinical routing, and AI inference. The LCA was tested in four technical scenarios, demonstrating its ability to execute with minimal orchestration overhead, maintain algorithmic impermeability during AI model swaps, ensure failure safety, and support multi-protocol execution.

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  • The Large Cancer Assistant (LCA) is a proposed framework for scalable clinical decision support in oncology.
  • It aims to address the rigidity of current multimodal deep learning models by separating data ingestion, clinical routing, and AI inference.
  • The LCA is mathematically formalized as a 7-tuple architecture grounded in Algorithmic Impermeability.
  • It introduces the Entry Theory using Geometric Deep Learning (GDL) to standardize patient data.
  • The system dynamically orchestrates data via a Cancer Switching Module and isolates AI execution from hospital IT infrastructures by outputting a Standardized Intermediate Payload (SIP).
  • A Proof of Concept (PoC) validated the orchestration logic across four technical scenarios.
  • The framework demonstrated algorithmic impermeability, failure safety, and multi-protocol execution capability.
  • It provides a highly adaptable and modular orchestration foundation.
  • The SIP establishes a stage for downstream Electronic Medical Record (EMR) interoperability.

Key Concepts Mentioned

  • Large Cancer Assistant (LCA)
  • Multimodal deep learning
  • Oncology
  • Clinical decision support
  • Algorithmic Impermeability
  • Entry Theory
  • Geometric Deep Learning (GDL)
  • Cancer Switching Module
  • Standardized Intermediate Payload (SIP)
  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

Claims Made by the Document

  • The LCA provides a highly adaptable and modular orchestration foundation.
  • The SIP establishes a stage for downstream EMR interoperability.

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  • The LCA was tested in four technical scenarios, demonstrating its ability to execute with minimal orchestration overhead, maintain algorithmic impermeability during AI model swaps, ensure failure safety, and support multi-protocol execution.
  • The Proof of Concept validated the orchestration logic.

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  • Objective: Multimodal deep learning models in oncology are currently limited by monolithic designs that rigidly couple data ingestion, clinical routing, and artificial intelligence (AI) inference. To address this inflexibility, we propose the Large Cancer Assistant (LCA), a model-agnostic, post-hoc orchestration framework designed for scalable clinical decision support. - Methods: The LCA is mathematically formalized as a 7-tuple architecture grounded in the principle of Algorithmic Impermeability, ensuring the orchestration logic remains strictly independent of underlying black-box AI models. We introduce the Entry Theory, leveraging Geometric Deep Learning (GDL) to standardize multimodal patient data along distinct structural and medical axes. The system dynamically orchestrates data via a Cancer Switching Module and intentionally isolates the core AI execution from volatile hospital IT infrastructures by outputting a Standardized Intermediate Payload (SIP). - Results: A Proof of Concept (PoC) validated the orchestration logic across four technical scenarios. The framework executed a nominal flow with negligible orchestration overhead. It empirically demonstrated algorithmic impermeability by maintaining an invariant routing projection during AI model swaps, and it validated strict failure-safety by achieving a 100% recall rate in generating targeted Supplementary Data Requests (SDR) under injected data anomalies. Multi-protocol execution capability was also successfully verified. - Conclusion: By structurally decoupling multimodal ingestion from feature inference, the LCA provides a highly adaptable and modular orchestration foundation. The SIP establishes a clear architectural boundary, natively setting the stage for downstream Electronic Medical Record (EMR) interoperability as an independent future paradigm.