LLM-powered TNM staging of neuroendocrine tumors from PET/CT reports
Markus Mergen, Daniel Spitzl, Matthias Eiber, Rickmer F Braren, Lisa Steinhelfer · 2025
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Description
Language models can stage gut and pancreas tumors from scan reports about as well as the task allows, test Markus Mergen and co-authors in a 2025 study. Staging follows strict rules, yet real reports are free text with no labels, so the team wrote 108 realistic fake reports and had experts stage them.
Four leading models then staged the same reports under two rule systems. One model led the pack in the reported scores. The authors see the approach as a route to standard, complete staging that helps tumor boards decide faster, while noting the test set was invented rather than drawn from real patients.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Markus Mergen, Daniel Spitzl, Matthias Eiber, Rickmer F Braren, Lisa Steinhelfer |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |