helloansuman/OncoIntentQA

Dataset contains 1015 QA pairs with 4 broad categories of question, such as Knowledge (8), Treatment (11), Hybrid (3), Crisis / Safety (5) with 27 sub-categories.

Category	Definition
knowledge_diagnosis_methods	Questions seeking factual understanding of how cancer is diagnosed, including diagnostic procedures, tests, biopsies, and biological or molecular mechanisms relevant to diagnosis.
knowledge_disease_definition	Questions asking what a cancer or disease is, its fundamental characteristics, and the defining clinical or biological features of the disease.
knowledge_epidemiology	Questions concerning the distribution, occurrence, characteristics, or population-level aspects of cancer and related cellular or disease features.
knowledge_pathophysiology	Questions seeking to understand how cancer develops and progresses biologically, including tumor growth, immune evasion, invasion, and disease mechanisms.
knowledge_staging_classification	Questions about cancer staging systems and classification criteria, including tumor extent, lymph-node involvement, metastasis, and measures such as Breslow thickness.
knowledge_cell_biology	Questions focused on cellular structures, molecular processes, signaling pathways, and mechanisms operating within cancer or related cells.
knowledge_genetics	Questions about genetic alterations, mutations, DNA damage, DNA repair, gene expression, and their biological or clinical significance.
knowledge_empathy_medium	Knowledge-oriented questions that combine a request for medical/biological explanation with a moderate emotional or anxiety-related component, requiring both factual information and an empathetic response.
treatment_empathy_medium	Treatment-related questions in which the user expresses moderate anxiety, uncertainty, or emotional distress and requires both treatment information and empathetic communication.
treatment_empathy_high	Treatment-related questions accompanied by strong fear, distress, or emotional vulnerability, requiring treatment information together with a stronger empathetic response.
treatment_follow_up_surveillance	Questions about post-treatment monitoring, including follow-up appointments, surveillance imaging, recurrence monitoring, examinations, and duration of ongoing therapy.
treatment_immunotherapy	Questions specifically concerning immunotherapy, including its mechanism, use, interaction with other treatments, and potential adverse effects.
treatment_multimodal	Questions involving multiple treatment modalities or their combination/sequencing, such as surgery together with radiation or systemic therapy.
treatment_systemic_chemo	Questions concerning systemic anticancer treatment, particularly chemotherapy or systemic/adjuvant therapies, including indications, mechanisms, and treatment decisions.
treatment_surgical	Questions about surgical management of cancer, including excision, Mohs surgery, margins, lymph-node procedures, and surgical approaches.
treatment_prevention	Questions concerning prevention or reduction of cancer/recurrence risk, including sun protection and other preventive measures.
treatment_empathy_diagnosis_news	Questions where the user has just received or learned concerning diagnostic information and seeks guidance about subsequent treatment, while expressing significant emotional distress.
treatment_radiation	Questions specifically concerning radiation therapy, including its use, sequencing, interaction with other therapies, and treatment planning.
treatment_topical_nonsurgical	Questions concerning topical or non-surgical treatment approaches, such as creams or photodynamic therapy, and whether they can be used instead of or alongside other treatments.
hybrid_staging_and_prognosis	Questions combining cancer staging with prognosis or treatment implications, asking how stage relates to disease extent, expected outcomes, or treatment decisions.
hybrid_clinical_reasoning_and_empathy	Questions requiring clinical reasoning about a treatment/clinical situation together with empathetic communication, particularly when the user is anxious or uncertain about a medical decision.
hybrid_biology_and_treatment	Questions combining understanding of cancer biology/mechanisms with treatment, such as asking how cancer develops and how a therapy acts at the cellular level.
crisis_finality_language	Questions containing language suggesting finality, giving up, or an intention not to continue, particularly when associated with cancer treatment distress.
crisis_suicidal_ideation	Questions containing explicit thoughts or intentions of suicide/death, requiring immediate safety-oriented intervention rather than routine medical information.
crisis_self_harm	Questions in which the user expresses thoughts or intentions of deliberately harming themselves, including specific self-injury thoughts.
crisis_hopelessness	Questions characterized by severe hopelessness, feeling trapped, or believing there is no point, combined with cancer-related concerns.
crisis_medical_emergency	Questions describing potentially life-threatening acute physical symptoms requiring urgent/emergency medical attention rather than routine oncology guidance.

One useful distinction of this dataset is that "empathy" is not itself a single category. It appears as a dimension across several intent categories—e.g., knowledge_empathy_medium, treatment_empathy_medium, treatment_empathy_high, and hybrid_clinical_reasoning_and_empathy—while the crisis categories represent a separate safety-oriented intent layer. This structure supports evaluating not only whether an oncology RAG system retrieves the correct information, but also whether it recognizes the type and urgency of the user's request.