Deep Learning Model to Predict Sentinel Lymph Node Status in Melanoma Patients

April 2023 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology ”

T. Okamoto, M. Kawai, M. Le, S. Shimada, T. Kawamura

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Studysummary This study suggests that histological features of primary melanoma can partially predict lymph node metastasis using AI, achieving a best prediction AUROC of 0.65.

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