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Near-term implementable finding

Personalised thrombo-embolic risk prediction after endometrial cancer surgery: an explainable AI approach using SHAP.

An AI model accurately predicts blood clot risk after gynecologic cancer surgery, offering doctors a practical tool for patient management.

A SHAP-explainable SVM model trained on 841 multi-center perioperative records achieves AUC 0.828 for predicting postoperative lower extremity DVT after endometrial cancer surgery, with robust external validation at AUC 0.819 and a deployable web interface for real-time clinical use. The SHAP analysis reveals a non-linear D-dimer risk threshold and validates a concise 4-variable model, advancing practical AI integration into gynecological oncology perioperative care.

What the study was

Study design
Multi-center retrospective ML model with external validation and web-based deployment
Population
Endometrial cancer surgical patients
Sample size
841
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Validated
Journal
NPJ Digital Medicine

Why it surfaced

Validated multi-center ML model with web deployment for a common perioperative complication in gynecologic cancer — near-term clinical implementability is clear. NPJ Digital Medicine is a high-quality AI-in-medicine journal. Score 6 keeps this STANDARD despite the flag.

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