Skin cancer classification via convolutional neural networks: systematic review of studies involving human experts.

Journal: European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Multiple studies have compared the performance of artificial intelligence (AI)-based models for automated skin cancer classification to human experts, thus setting the cornerstone for a successful translation of AI-based tools into clinicopathological practice.

Authors

  • Sarah Haggenmüller
    Digital Biomarkers for Oncology Group, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Roman C Maron
    National Center for Tumor Diseases, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Achim Hekler
    National Center for Tumor Diseases, Department of Translational Oncology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Jochen S Utikal
    Department of Dermatology, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany; Skin Cancer Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Catarina Barata
    Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR/IST), Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Raymond L Barnhill
    Departments of Pathology and Translational Research, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
  • Helmut Beltraminelli
    Department of Dermatology, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Carola Berking
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Brigid Betz-Stablein
    QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Cancer and Population Studies, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Andreas Blum
  • Stephan A Braun
    Department of Dermatology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Münster, Germany.
  • Richard Carr
    Department of Pathology, Warwick Hospital, Warwick, UK.
  • Marc Combalia
    Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Ciber de Enfermedades Raras ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Maria-Teresa Fernandez-Figueras
    Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya, Grupo Quironsalud, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat Del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Gerardo Ferrara
    Anatomic Pathology Unit, Macerata General Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
  • Sylvie Fraitag
    Department of Pathology, University Paris Descartes, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique Hospitals of Paris, Paris, France.
  • Lars E French
    Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 80337 Munich, Germany.
  • Frank F Gellrich
    Skin Cancer Center at the University Cancer Centre and National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
  • Kamran Ghoreschi
    Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • Matthias Goebeler
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
  • Pascale Guitera
    Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Melanoma Institute Australia, Sydney, Australia.
  • Holger A Haenssle
    Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: holger.haenssle@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
  • Sebastian Haferkamp
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
  • Lucie Heinzerling
    Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 80337 Munich, Germany.
  • Markus V Heppt
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
  • Franz J Hilke
    Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • Sarah Hobelsberger
    Skin Cancer Center at the University Cancer Centre and National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany.
  • Dieter Krahl
    Private Laboratory of Dermatohistopathology, Mönchhofstraße 52, 69120 Heidelberg.
  • Heinz Kutzner
    Dermatopathology Laboratory, Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • Aimilios Lallas
  • Konstantinos Liopyris
    Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Mar Llamas-Velasco
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
  • Josep Malvehy
    Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Rarasd (CIBER ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Friedegund Meier
    Skin Cancer Center at the University Cancer Centre and National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
  • Cornelia S L Müller
    Institute for Histology, Cytology and Molecular Diagnostic, Trier, Germany.
  • Alexander A Navarini
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Cristian Navarrete-Dechent
    Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA; Department of Dermatology, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  • Antonio Perasole
    Anatomic and Cytopathology, Az. ULSS 8 Berica, Regione Veneto, Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy.
  • Gabriela Poch
    Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • Sebastian Podlipnik
    Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Ciber de Enfermedades Raras ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Luis Requena
    Dermatology Department, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
  • Veronica M Rotemberg
    Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
  • Andrea Saggini
    Dermatopathology Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • Omar P Sangueza
    Dermatopathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
  • Carlos Santonja
    Pathology Department, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
  • Dirk Schadendorf
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
  • Bastian Schilling
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
  • Max Schlaak
    Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
  • Justin G Schlager
    Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Mildred Sergon
    Skin Cancer Center at the University Cancer Centre and National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
  • Wiebke Sondermann
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
  • H Peter Soyer
    Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Hans Starz
    Dermpath München, Munich, Germany.
  • Wilhelm Stolz
    Department of Dermatology, Allergology and Environmental Medicine II, Hospital Thalkirchner Street, Munich, Germany.
  • Esmeralda Vale
    Department of Dermatology and Dermatopathology, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Wolfgang Weyers
    Center for Dermatopathology, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Alexander Zink
    Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Faculty of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, 80802, Munich, Germany.
  • Eva Krieghoff-Henning
    Digital Biomarkers for Oncology Group (DBO), National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Jakob N Kather
    Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany. jakob.kather@gmail.com.
  • Christof von Kalle
    National Center for Tumor Diseases, Department of Translational Oncology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Daniel B Lipka
    National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Stefan Fröhling
    National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Axel Hauschild
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
  • Harald Kittler
    ViDIR Group, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: harald.kittler@meduniwien.at.at.
  • Titus J Brinker
    National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.