Grégoire D'Andréa, Jocelyn Gal, Loïc Mandine, Olivier Dassonville, Clair Vandersteen, Nicolas Guevara, Laurent Castillo, Gilles Poissonnet, Dorian Culié, Roxane Elaldi, Jérôme Sarini, Anne Decotte, Claire Renaud, Sébastien Vergez, Renaud Schiappa, Emmanuel Chamorey, Yann Château, Alexandre Bozec
OBJECTIVE: Indeterminate thyroid nodules (ITN) are common and often lead to (sometimes unnecessary) diagnostic surgery. We aimed to evaluate the performance of two machine learning methods (ML), based on routinely available features to predict the risk of malignancy (RM) of ITN. DESIGN: Multicentric diagnostic retrospective cohort study conducted between 2010 and 2020. METHODS: Adult patients who underwent surgery for at least one Bethesda III-V thyroid nodule (TN) with fully available medical records were included...
February 17, 2023: European Journal of Endocrinology