Endocrine oncology

Deep Learning for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer: A Review

Endocr PractPublished Systematic review

Authors' conclusion

DL techniques are advancing the precision diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer and hold the potential to enhance diagnostic accuracy and improve therapeutic outcomes for patients.

Study context

Population
Studies on deep learning (DL) in diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of thyroid cancer, PubMed, past five years
Outcome
Applications of DL in thyroid cancer

Pooled result

As reported in the abstract

  • Advanced models (convolutional neural networks, long short-term memory networks, generative adversarial networks) delivered breakthrough performance in US image analysis of thyroid nodules, automated classification of pathological images and assessment of extrathyroidal extension
  • DL shows considerable promise for individualized treatment planning and prognosis prediction
  • Widespread clinical adoption hindered by substantial technical, clinical and ethical challenges

Original publication

Deep Learning for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer: A Review. Endocr Pract. Published 30 July 2025. doi:10.1016/j.eprac.2025.07.020

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