Enhancing Malignancy Detection and Tumor Classification in Pathology Reports: A Comparative Evaluation of Large Language Models...19th Health Informatics Meets Digital Health Conference (dHealth), May 6-7, 2025, Vienna, Austria.

Background: Cancer registries require accurate and efficient documentation of malignancies, yet current manual methods are time-consuming and error-prone. Objectives: This study evaluates the effectiveness of large language models (LLMs) in classifying malignancies and detecting tumor types from pat...

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Publicado en:Studies in Health Technology & Informatics Vol. 324; pp. 270 - 276
Autores principales: NEURURER, Sabrina B., TAHA, Hasan, MUEHLBOECK, Helmut, HICKMANN, Christoph, GSCHEIDLINGER, Patricia, RICHTER, Stefan, DANLER, Martin, HACKL, Werner O., UEBEREGGER, Marko, SCHWEITZER, Marco, PFEIFER, Bernhard
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Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2025
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          NEURURER, Sabrina B.
          TAHA, Hasan
          MUEHLBOECK, Helmut
          HICKMANN, Christoph
          GSCHEIDLINGER, Patricia
          RICHTER, Stefan
          DANLER, Martin
          HACKL, Werner O.
          UEBEREGGER, Marko
          SCHWEITZER, Marco
          PFEIFER, Bernhard
        affil: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Tirol Kliniken GmbH, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria
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          Natural Language Processing
          Artificial Intelligence
          Neoplasms Classification
          Neoplasm Grading Classification
          Neural Networks (Computer)
          Neoplasms Pathology
          Medical Informatics
          Congresses and Conferences Austria
          Austria
          Human
          Sensitivity and Specificity
          Early Detection of Cancer
          Algorithms
          Registries, Disease
          Decision Support Systems, Clinical
          Electronic Health Records
          Data Collection
          Comparative Studies
          Information Technology
      ab: Background: Cancer registries require accurate and efficient documentation of malignancies, yet current manual methods are time-consuming and error-prone. Objectives: This study evaluates the effectiveness of large language models (LLMs) in classifying malignancies and detecting tumor types from pathology reports. Methods: Using a synthetic dataset of 227 reports, the performance of four LLMs and a score-based algorithm was compared against expert-labeled gold standards. Results: The LLMs, particularly GPT-4o and Llama3.3, demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity in both malignancy detection and tumor classification, significantly outperforming traditional algorithms. Conclusion: LLMs enhance the accuracy and efficiency of cancer data classification and hold promise for improving public health monitoring and clinical decision-making.
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