Hong Kong University develops world's 1st AI model for thyroid cancer diagnosis

ANKARA

The University of Hong Kong's Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine has created the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) model dedicated to diagnosing and classifying thyroid cancer.

The university announced on Wednesday that the model, developed in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, can identify the stage of cancer and its risk category with greater than 90% accuracy.

"This innovative HKUMed AI model promises to significantly cut frontline clinicians' pre-consultation preparation time by approximately 50%," the university said in a statement.

Thyroid cancer is among the most prevalent cancers in Hong Kong and across the world.

"Our model achieves more than 90% accuracy in classifying AJCC cancer (American Joint Committee on Cancer) stages and ATA (American Thyroid Association) risk category," Managing Director of Hong Kong University of Medicine Professor Joseph T. Wu said.

According to the report, the research teams created an AI assistant that analyzes clinical documents using large language models such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek, which are designed to understand and process human language, to improve the accuracy and efficiency of thyroid cancer staging and risk classification, the statement explained.

*Writing by Islamuddin Sajid