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Utility of Artificial Intelligence in Detecting Lymph Node Metastasis in Oral Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Cureus · Gharat MG, Deshpande SM, Sethumadhavan J, Gholap P, Kale S, Choudhari S, More AP · 2026-09-22

Researchers systematically reviewed studies using artificial intelligence techniques to detect lymph node spread in oral cancer, finding that AI models achieved variable diagnostic accuracy with deep learning and hybrid approaches performing best, though evidence quality was low due to heterogeneity and limited external validation.

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