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  • Digital Pathology
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

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  • Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) incidence is rising globally, with cervical lymph node metastasis being a key prognostic factor.
  • Manual microscopic examination for micrometastasis is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone to errors.
  • Automated detection using machine learning can overcome limitations of manual pathological analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To employ a convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithm for the automated detection of micrometastasis in lymph node sections of OSCC.
  • To evaluate the performance of the CNN model against manual diagnostic methods.

Main Methods:

  • Fifty lymph node archival tissue sections from 30 OSCC cases were analyzed, with 25 metastatic and 25 non-metastatic.
  • Modified Papanicolaou (PAP) staining was used for tissue preparation.
  • A dataset of 500 images was acquired using an Olympus Research Microscope equipped with a CCD camera.

Main Results:

  • The CNN-based algorithm demonstrated superior performance compared to manual detection of micrometastasis.
  • The model achieved a validation accuracy of 89.36%, classification accuracy of 85%, sensitivity of 0.8667, and specificity of 0.8333.
  • Early detection of micrometastasis by the CNN aided in tumor upstaging in 3 cases, influencing OSCC treatment and prognosis.

Conclusions:

  • The CNN model exhibits robust discriminative capability (ROC AUC 0.9056), justifying its use for improved diagnosis and treatment planning in clinically N0 OSCC patients.
  • The CNN model serves as a valuable supplementary tool for pathologists, enhancing diagnostic efficiency and accuracy in managing large volumes of pathological data.
  • This AI-driven approach supports streamlined identification and evaluation of disease conditions, particularly beneficial for large-scale population screening.