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OncoRAG SOTA Retriever β State-of-the-Art Medical Retrieval Pipeline.
Implements a multi-stage retrieval architecture:
1. Bi-Encoder (PubMedBERT) β fast top-K candidates from ChromaDB
2. Cross-Encoder Re-Ranking β precision-optimised ordering
3. Distance Threshold Gate β anti-hallucination confidence filter
4. HyDE Query Expansion β hypothetical document embedding for recall
5. Token Trimming β context window budget control for Llama 3.1
Architecture inspired by:
- Nogueira et al. (2019) "Multi-Stage Document Ranking with BERT"
- Gao et al. (2023) "Precise Zero-Shot Dense Retrieval without Relevance Labels" (HyDE)
"""
import logging
import os
import re
from typing import List, Dict, Optional, Tuple
import chromadb
import chromadb.utils.embedding_functions as embedding_functions
import networkx as nx
from .api_clients import CivicAPIClient, ClinicalTrialsClient
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class OncoRAGRetriever:
"""
SOTA Retriever connecting LangGraph agents to ChromaDB.
Pipeline: Query β (optional HyDE) β Bi-Encoder β Cross-Encoder Re-Rank
β Distance Gate β Token Trim β LLM-ready context.
Args:
db_path: Path to the persistent ChromaDB directory.
collection_name: Name of the ChromaDB collection to query.
bi_encoder_model: Sentence-Transformer model for embedding queries.
cross_encoder_model: Cross-Encoder model for re-ranking candidates.
n_candidates: Number of candidates fetched by the bi-encoder (wide net).
n_results: Number of final results returned after re-ranking.
distance_threshold: Maximum cosine distance to accept a result.
Results above this threshold are considered irrelevant.
max_context_chars: Maximum total character budget for LLM context.
"""
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ init
def __init__(
self,
db_path: str = "data/chroma_db",
collection_name: str = "clinical_guidelines",
bi_encoder_model: str = "pritamdeka/S-PubMedBert-MS-MARCO",
cross_encoder_model: str = "cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2",
n_candidates: int = 15,
n_results: int = 5,
distance_threshold: float = 0.10,
max_context_chars: int = 6000,
graph_path: str = "data/processed/knowledge_graph.gml",
):
self.db_path = db_path
self.n_candidates = n_candidates
self.n_results = n_results
self.distance_threshold = distance_threshold
self.max_context_chars = max_context_chars
self.graph_path = graph_path
# --- Bi-Encoder (Stage 1: recall) ---
self._client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path=db_path)
self._emb_fn = embedding_functions.SentenceTransformerEmbeddingFunction(
model_name=bi_encoder_model
)
self._collection = self._client.get_collection(
name=collection_name,
embedding_function=self._emb_fn,
)
logger.info(
"Bi-Encoder loaded: %s | Collection: %s (%d docs)",
bi_encoder_model,
collection_name,
self._collection.count(),
)
# --- Cross-Encoder (Stage 2: precision) ---
self._cross_encoder = None
self._cross_encoder_model_name = cross_encoder_model
# --- SOTA Components (APIs & Graph) ---
self._civic_api = CivicAPIClient()
self._clinical_trials_api = ClinicalTrialsClient()
self._graph: Optional[nx.Graph] = None
# Lazy-load the cross encoder to avoid blocking import time
def _get_cross_encoder(self):
"""Return a cached CrossEncoder instance (lazy init)."""
if self._cross_encoder is None:
try:
from sentence_transformers import CrossEncoder
self._cross_encoder = CrossEncoder(
self._cross_encoder_model_name
)
logger.info(
"Cross-Encoder loaded: %s",
self._cross_encoder_model_name,
)
except ImportError:
logger.warning(
"sentence-transformers CrossEncoder not available. "
"Falling back to bi-encoder ordering only."
)
except Exception as exc:
logger.error("Failed to load Cross-Encoder: %s", exc)
return self._cross_encoder
def _get_graph(self) -> Optional[nx.Graph]:
"""Return the Knowledge Graph (lazy init)."""
if self._graph is None:
if os.path.exists(self.graph_path):
try:
self._graph = nx.read_gml(self.graph_path)
logger.info("Knowledge Graph loaded from %s", self.graph_path)
except Exception as e:
logger.error("Failed to load Knowledge Graph: %s", e)
else:
logger.warning("Knowledge Graph file not found at %s", self.graph_path)
return self._graph
def _graph_search(self, query_text: str) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Search the Knowledge Graph for clinical relationships.
Matches keywords from query to graph nodes.
"""
graph = self._get_graph()
if not graph:
return []
query_lower = query_text.lower()
findings = []
# Simple keyword matching for graph nodes
for node in graph.nodes:
if str(node).lower() in query_lower:
# Find neighbors (related entities)
neighbors = list(graph.neighbors(node))
for neighbor in neighbors:
edge_data = graph.get_edge_data(node, neighbor)
relation = edge_data.get("relation", "connected_to")
source = edge_data.get("source", "Knowledge Graph")
findings.append({
"text": f"Graph Finding: {node} {relation} {neighbor}.",
"source": source,
"type": "graph_relation"
})
return findings
def _external_api_search(self, query_text: str) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Search external clinical APIs (CIViC and ClinicalTrials.gov).
"""
results = []
# 1. CIViC Search (if query contains gene/variant-like patterns)
# For simplicity, we search for common genes in the query
genes = ["BRAF", "EGFR", "ALK", "KRAS", "NRAS", "HER2", "BRCA1", "BRCA2"]
found_genes = [g for g in genes if g in query_text.upper()]
for gene in found_genes:
# We look for a variant pattern like V600E, T790M
variant_match = re.search(r"[A-Z]\d+[A-Z]", query_text.upper())
variant = variant_match.group(0) if variant_match else ""
civic_evidence = self._civic_api.search_variant_evidence(gene, variant)
for item in civic_evidence[:2]: # Limit to top 2
results.append({
"text": f"CIViC Evidence: Gene {gene} Variant {item.get('variant', {}).get('name')}. Evidence: {item.get('description', 'No description available.')}",
"source": "CIViC Database",
"type": "genomic_evidence"
})
# 2. ClinicalTrials.gov Search
# We look for condition keywords
conditions = ["Lung Cancer", "Breast Cancer", "Colorectal Cancer", "Hepatocellular Carcinoma", "Melanoma"]
found_conditions = [c for c in conditions if c.lower() in query_text.lower()]
for cond in found_conditions:
trials = self._clinical_trials_api.search_trials(cond)
for trial in trials[:2]: # Limit to top 2
results.append({
"text": f"Active Clinical Trial ({trial['nctId']}): {trial['title']}. Summary: {trial['briefSummary']}",
"source": "ClinicalTrials.gov",
"type": "clinical_trial"
})
return results
# ------------------------------------------------- stage 1: bi-encoder
def _bi_encoder_retrieve(
self,
query_text: str,
n: int,
cancer_type_filter: Optional[str] = None,
) -> Tuple[List[Dict], List[float]]:
"""
Fetch top-N candidates from ChromaDB using PubMedBERT bi-encoder.
Args:
query_text: The natural-language clinical question.
n: Number of candidate documents to retrieve.
cancer_type_filter: Optional source filename filter.
Returns:
Tuple of (list of result dicts, list of distances).
"""
where_filter = None
if cancer_type_filter:
where_filter = {"source": cancer_type_filter}
results = self._collection.query(
query_texts=[query_text],
n_results=n,
where=where_filter,
)
candidates: List[Dict] = []
distances: List[float] = []
if results and results["documents"]:
for i, doc in enumerate(results["documents"][0]):
meta = results["metadatas"][0][i] if results["metadatas"] else {}
dist = results["distances"][0][i] if results["distances"] else 999.0
candidates.append({
"text": doc,
"source": meta.get("source", "Unknown"),
"page": str(meta.get("page", "?")),
"header": meta.get("header", "Unknown"),
})
distances.append(dist)
return candidates, distances
# ------------------------------------------------- stage 2: cross-encoder
def _cross_encoder_rerank(
self,
query_text: str,
candidates: List[Dict],
) -> List[Tuple[Dict, float]]:
"""
Re-rank candidates using a Cross-Encoder for precise relevance scoring.
The Cross-Encoder reads (query, document) pairs jointly, producing
far more accurate relevance scores than bi-encoder cosine distance.
Args:
query_text: The original query string.
candidates: List of candidate result dicts from bi-encoder.
Returns:
List of (result_dict, cross_encoder_score) sorted by relevance desc.
"""
cross_enc = self._get_cross_encoder()
if cross_enc is None or not candidates:
# Fallback: return candidates in original order with dummy scores
return [(c, 0.0) for c in candidates]
pairs = [(query_text, c["text"]) for c in candidates]
try:
scores = cross_enc.predict(pairs)
except Exception as exc:
logger.error("Cross-Encoder scoring failed: %s", exc)
return [(c, 0.0) for c in candidates]
scored = list(zip(candidates, scores))
scored.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
return scored
# ------------------------------------------------- stage 3: distance gate
def _apply_distance_gate(
self,
candidates: List[Dict],
distances: List[float],
) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Filter out candidates whose bi-encoder distance exceeds the threshold.
This implements the Anti-Hallucination Distance Gate (Rule #8):
if all results are too far from the query embedding, it is safer
to return nothing than to hallucinate from irrelevant context.
Args:
candidates: List of result dicts.
distances: Corresponding distances from bi-encoder.
Returns:
Filtered list of candidates that pass the gate.
"""
passed: List[Dict] = []
for cand, dist in zip(candidates, distances):
if dist <= self.distance_threshold:
cand["bi_encoder_distance"] = round(dist, 4)
passed.append(cand)
else:
logger.debug(
"Distance gate rejected (%.4f > %.4f): %s",
dist,
self.distance_threshold,
cand.get("header", "?"),
)
return passed
# ------------------------------------------------- stage 4: token trim
def _trim_to_budget(self, results: List[Dict]) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Trim the final result list so the total text stays within the
character budget for the LLM context window.
This prevents overflowing Llama 3.1 8B's context when many
long guideline sections are retrieved.
Args:
results: Ordered list of result dicts (best first).
Returns:
Subset of results fitting within max_context_chars.
"""
trimmed: List[Dict] = []
char_count = 0
for r in results:
text_len = len(r["text"])
if char_count + text_len > self.max_context_chars:
# Try to include a truncated version of the next result
remaining = self.max_context_chars - char_count
if remaining > 200: # Only include if meaningful
truncated = r.copy()
truncated["text"] = r["text"][:remaining] + "β¦ [truncated]"
trimmed.append(truncated)
break
trimmed.append(r)
char_count += text_len
return trimmed
# ------------------------------------------------- public: main query
def query(
self,
query_text: str,
n_results: Optional[int] = None,
cancer_type_filter: Optional[str] = None,
use_reranking: bool = True,
) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
"""
Full SOTA retrieval pipeline.
Stage 1 β Bi-Encoder: Cast a wide net (n_candidates) via PubMedBERT.
Stage 2 β Distance Gate: Reject low-confidence results.
Stage 3 β Cross-Encoder: Re-rank survivors for precision.
Stage 4 β Token Trim: Fit within LLM context budget.
Args:
query_text: The natural-language clinical question.
n_results: Override the default number of final results.
cancer_type_filter: Optional source filename filter.
use_reranking: Whether to apply cross-encoder re-ranking.
Returns:
A list of dicts with 'text', 'source', 'page', 'header',
and optionally 'cross_encoder_score' / 'bi_encoder_distance'.
"""
k = n_results or self.n_results
# Stage 1: Bi-Encoder wide recall
candidates, distances = self._bi_encoder_retrieve(
query_text, self.n_candidates, cancer_type_filter
)
logger.info(
"Bi-Encoder returned %d candidates for query: '%s'",
len(candidates),
query_text[:80],
)
if not candidates:
return []
# Stage 2: Distance Gate (anti-hallucination)
gated = self._apply_distance_gate(candidates, distances)
logger.info(
"Distance gate passed: %d / %d (threshold=%.2f)",
len(gated),
len(candidates),
self.distance_threshold,
)
if not gated:
logger.warning(
"All candidates rejected by distance gate β "
"query likely outside guideline coverage."
)
return []
# Stage 3: Cross-Encoder Re-ranking
if use_reranking and len(gated) > 1:
scored = self._cross_encoder_rerank(query_text, gated)
# Take top-k after re-ranking
final = []
for cand, score in scored[:k]:
cand["cross_encoder_score"] = round(float(score), 4)
final.append(cand)
else:
final = gated[:k]
# Stage 4: Token trimming for LLM context budget
final = self._trim_to_budget(final)
# Stage 5: SOTA Expansion (Graph + APIs)
# We append these as high-priority evidence at the top
sota_evidence = []
# Graph Search
graph_findings = self._graph_search(query_text)
sota_evidence.extend(graph_findings)
# API Search
api_findings = self._external_api_search(query_text)
sota_evidence.extend(api_findings)
# Combine: SOTA evidence comes first as it's often more specific/recent
final = sota_evidence + final
logger.info(
"Final retrieval: %d results (%d SOTA) | (total chars: %d / %d budget)",
len(final),
len(sota_evidence),
sum(len(r["text"]) for r in final),
self.max_context_chars,
)
return final
# ------------------------------------------------- public: HyDE query
def query_with_hyde(
self,
original_query: str,
hypothetical_answer: str,
n_results: Optional[int] = None,
cancer_type_filter: Optional[str] = None,
) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
"""
HyDE (Hypothetical Document Embeddings) retrieval.
Instead of embedding the user's question, we embed a hypothetical
answer generated by the LLM. This dramatically improves recall
for medical synonym matching (e.g. "neoplasia pulmonar" vs
"lung carcinoma").
The LLM generates a plausible (but unverified) answer, which is
then used as the query for bi-encoder search. The Cross-Encoder
then re-ranks against the ORIGINAL query for precision.
Args:
original_query: The actual clinical question (used for re-ranking).
hypothetical_answer: LLM-generated hypothetical answer (used for embedding).
n_results: Override the default number of final results.
cancer_type_filter: Optional source filename filter.
Returns:
A list of result dicts, same format as query().
"""
k = n_results or self.n_results
# Stage 1: Bi-Encoder using the hypothetical answer as query
candidates, distances = self._bi_encoder_retrieve(
hypothetical_answer, self.n_candidates, cancer_type_filter
)
if not candidates:
return []
# Stage 2: Distance gate
gated = self._apply_distance_gate(candidates, distances)
if not gated:
return []
# Stage 3: Cross-Encoder re-rank against ORIGINAL query (not HyDE)
if len(gated) > 1:
scored = self._cross_encoder_rerank(original_query, gated)
final = []
for cand, score in scored[:k]:
cand["cross_encoder_score"] = round(float(score), 4)
final.append(cand)
else:
final = gated[:k]
# Stage 4: Token trim
final = self._trim_to_budget(final)
# Stage 5: SOTA Expansion (Graph + APIs)
# Re-ranking is against ORIGINAL query, so we do expansion here too.
sota_evidence = []
graph_findings = self._graph_search(original_query)
sota_evidence.extend(graph_findings)
api_findings = self._external_api_search(original_query)
sota_evidence.extend(api_findings)
# Combine: SOTA evidence comes first
final = sota_evidence + final
return final
# ------------------------------------------------- public: format for LLM
def format_context_for_llm(self, results: List[Dict[str, str]]) -> str:
"""
Format retrieval results into a single string suitable for
injection into an LLM prompt as grounding context.
Includes confidence metadata when available.
Args:
results: The list of dicts returned by self.query().
Returns:
A formatted multi-section string ready for LLM consumption.
"""
if not results:
return "No relevant clinical guidelines found for this query."
sections: List[str] = []
for i, r in enumerate(results, 1):
header_line = (
f"[Source {i}] {r['source']} β Page {r['page']} "
f"β Section: {r['header']}"
)
# Add confidence metadata if present
meta_parts: List[str] = []
if "cross_encoder_score" in r:
meta_parts.append(f"Relevance: {r['cross_encoder_score']:.2f}")
if "bi_encoder_distance" in r:
meta_parts.append(f"Distance: {r['bi_encoder_distance']:.4f}")
if meta_parts:
header_line += f" | {' | '.join(meta_parts)}"
sections.append(f"{header_line}\n{r['text']}")
return "\n\n---\n\n".join(sections)
# ------------------------------------------------- public: diagnostics
def get_collection_stats(self) -> Dict:
"""
Return basic stats about the underlying ChromaDB collection.
Returns:
Dict with 'count', 'name', and 'db_path'.
"""
return {
"count": self._collection.count(),
"name": self._collection.name,
"db_path": self.db_path,
"distance_threshold": self.distance_threshold,
"max_context_chars": self.max_context_chars,
}
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