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Introduction of an Integrated Pathology Image Management, Artificial Intelligence, and Reporting System

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Lineage Classification of Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors From Whole-Slide Images Using Attention-Guided Graph

Jie Hao¹, Chen Wang¹, Jiao Li¹

¹Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Endocrine Pathology

|May 8, 2026

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Researchers developed an AI model to predict pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET) lineage from standard H&E-stained slides, identifying key morphologic features for accurate diagnosis and classification.

Area of Science:

Computational pathology
Neuroendocrinology
Artificial intelligence in medicine

Background:

Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are common sellar neoplasms requiring accurate lineage diagnosis for treatment.
The 2022 WHO Classification emphasizes transcription factor-defined lineage, but morphologic correlates in H&E slides are understudied.
Developing computational methods can aid in objective and efficient PitNET classification.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an attention-guided graph neural network (GNN) for predicting PitNET lineage directly from H&E-stained whole-slide images (WSIs).
To identify specific morphologic features and regions within WSIs that are predictive of PitNET lineage.
To validate the model's performance on independent cohorts and compare it with existing diagnostic methods.

Main Methods:

Keywords:

Attention mechanism Graph neural networks Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors Transcription factor lineage Whole-slide images

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Development of an attention-guided GNN model for PitNET lineage prediction from H&E WSIs.
Training and validation on consecutive patient cohorts from Beijing Tiantan Hospital (2021-2025).
Analysis of attention maps for region prioritization and quantitative cell morphometry for lineage-associated patterns.

Main Results:

The GNN achieved high performance, with mean F1-scores of 92.78% (internal) and 87.64% (external validation).
Attention maps highlighted tumor-rich areas, and cell morphometry revealed lineage-specific patterns (e.g., cell size, nuclear shape, cellular density).
Model predictions showed concordance with transcription factor immunohistochemistry and DNA methylation classification in exploratory analyses.

Conclusions:

Routine H&E-stained WSIs contain significant, learnable morphologic information for PitNET lineage determination.
Attention-guided GNNs offer an interpretable framework for characterizing lineage-associated histomorphologic patterns in PitNETs.
This AI approach has the potential to enhance objective and efficient PitNET diagnosis and classification.