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ArticleArchives of gynecology and obstetrics2024

Evolution of publicly available large language models for complex decision-making in breast cancer care.

Sebastian Griewing, Johannes Knitza, Jelena Boekhoff, Christoph Hillen, Fabian Lechner, Uwe Wagner, Markus Wallwiener, Sebastian Kuhn

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Article in Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07199231 (A Comparative Performance Evaluation of Four Publicly Available Large Language Models Against Gold Standard Medical References), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT07199231 active not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

A Comparative Performance Evaluation of Four Publicly Available Large Language Models Against Gold Standard Medical References

TypeobservationalSponsorCambridge Health AllianceRan2025 to 2026Enrolled20ConditionsAI (Artificial Intelligence), Large Language Model, Generative Artificial IntelligenceArmsAI clinical reference tool
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  14. Exploring the potential of AI-powered applications for clinical decision-making in gynecologic oncology.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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  16. Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Specialized Use Cases.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sebastian GriewingInstitute for Digital Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany. s.griewing@uni-marburg.de.ORCID 0000-0001-5355-8903
Johannes KnitzaInstitute for Digital Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9695-0657
Jelena BoekhoffDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Christoph HillenDepartment of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Fabian LechnerInstitute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Uwe WagnerDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Markus WallwienerDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4139-9340
Sebastian KuhnInstitute for Digital Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8031-2973

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study investigated the concordance of five different publicly available Large Language Models (LLM) with the recommendations of a multidisciplinary tumor board regarding treatment recommendations for complex breast cancer patient profiles.

methodsFive LLM, including three versions of ChatGPT (version 4 and 3.5, with data access until September 3021 and January 2022), Llama2, and Bard were prompted to produce treatment recommendations for 20 complex breast cancer patient profiles. LLM recommendations were compared to the recommendations of a multidisciplinary tumor board (gold standard), including surgical, endocrine and systemic treatment, radiotherapy, and genetic testing therapy options.

resultsGPT4 demonstrated the highest concordance (70.6%) for invasive breast cancer patient profiles, followed by GPT3.5 September 2021 (58.8%), GPT3.5 January 2022 (41.2%), Llama2 (35.3%) and Bard (23.5%). Including precancerous lesions of ductal carcinoma in situ, the identical ranking was reached with lower overall concordance for each LLM (GPT4 60.0%, GPT3.5 September 2021 50.0%, GPT3.5 January 2022 35.0%, Llama2 30.0%, Bard 20.0%). GPT4 achieved full concordance (100%) for radiotherapy. Lowest alignment was reached in recommending genetic testing, demonstrating a varying concordance (55.0% for GPT3.5 January 2022, Llama2 and Bard up to 85.0% for GPT4).

conclusionThis early feasibility study is the first to compare different LLM in breast cancer care with regard to changes in accuracy over time, i.e., with access to more data or through technological upgrades. Methodological advancement, i.e., the optimization of prompting techniques, and technological development, i.e., enabling data input control and secure data processing, are necessary in the preparation of large-scale and multicenter studies to provide evidence on their safe and reliable clinical application. At present, safe and evidenced use of LLM in clinical breast cancer care is not yet feasible.

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Breast NeoplasmsClinical Decision-MakingDecision Support TechniquesFemaleHumansArtificial intelligenceBreast cancerChatGPTLarge language modelsTumor board

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PMID38806945
PMCPMC11169005

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