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We successfully implemented automation in data mining, utilizing the application programming interface environment provided by the external beam radiation therapy equipment provider for the whole group of patients who were accepted for treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This in-house Python-based script extracted selected features for 427 patients in 0.28 \u00b1 0.03 min with 100% accuracy at an astonishing rate of 0.04 s\/plan. Comparatively, manual extraction of 25 parameters took an average of 4.5 \u00b1 0.33 min\/plan, along with associated transcriptional and transpositional errors and missing data information. This new approach turned out to be 6850 times faster than the conventional approach. 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