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Patient Uses ChatGPT to Understand Test Reports and Question Her Treatment Protocol
A social media professional with breast nodules used ChatGPT to understand her reports and discuss treatment with her oncologist.
- Profession
- Patient, Social Media Manager
- Tools
- ChatGPT
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Report date
- April 10, 2025
- Verified on
- October 24, 2026
What they did
After an inconclusive biopsy report, she pasted her test results into ChatGPT. Later she brought her doctor a question about a different chemotherapy protocol.
How it went
The AI's hypothesis of a type of lymphoma was later confirmed, and the doctor agreed to change the protocol. She insists that the doctor is indispensable. The article warns about the risks.
Good to know
Medical reports are sensitive data: remove your name and ID numbers. Take everything to your doctor and never change treatment on your own.
The prompt
Explain this medical report [paste without personal data] in plain language: what each term means, what is still undetermined, and what questions I should ask my doctor at my next appointment.
Replace what is in [brackets]. Prompt written by us from the account, not a literal copy of the source. Do not paste other people’s personal data (privacy laws such as LGPD and GDPR apply).
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