CT-based deep learning identifies patients at further lung cancer risk

A CT-based deep learning model can identify individuals with clinical stage IA non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at high risk of further disease, researchers have found. A model developed by a team led by Kwon Joong Na, MD, of Seoul National University Hospital and College of Medicine in South Korea demonstrated an area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) of 0.86 for predicting recurrence of disease at two-years post procedure. The group's results were published April 16 in Radiology. Lobectomy has traditionally been the standard approach for treating early-stage lung cancer, but new research has suggested that sublobar resection could be an effective alternative, the authors noted. Yet there are currently no tools for assessing risk of further disease in patients undergoing segmentectomy for NSCLC, they explained. "Recent clinical trials have shown that for small peripheral non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors, sublobar resection might be as effective as lobectomy, with similar survival rates," they wrote. "However, further risk stratification in patients undergoing segmentectomy is currently limited." To address the problem, Na's group developed and validated a deep-learning model using data from preoperative CT scans and clinical and radiologic information for risk stratification in patients with clinical stage IA NSCLC (tumors 3 cm or less) who underwent segmentectomy from January 2010 to December 2017. The team analyzed the model's performance using area...
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