Research progress in the application of artificial intelligence for the diagnosis,treatment,and prognosis of gastrointestinal tumors
Artificial intelligence(AI)is one of the important tools that will change the field of medicine in the future,and it has great application potential in the field of oncology.AI technology plays irreplaceable roles in the diagnosis and detection of gastrointestinal tumors(GT),precise TNM staging,peritoneal metastasis diagnosis,molecular classification prediction,prognostic risk assessment,neoadjuvant efficacy evaluation,endoscopic and pathological diagnosis,precise intelligent diagnosis and treatment,and intelligent application of robotic surgical systems.AI has provided new methods for the diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of GT.However,the clinical application of AI also has certain shortcomings.For example,AI relies on high-standard and high-quality big data,data bias may exist in AI models,and AI application has been limited by ethical problems.This review introduces the roles and potential of AI in GT diagnosis and treatment from the aspects of tumor detection,TNM staging,peritoneal metastasis,molecular classification,prognostic risk assessment,neoadjuvant management,endoscopic and pathological diagnosis,precision intelligent diagnosis and treatment,and robotic surgery system.This review also discusses several urgent issues that need to be addressed in current application of AI in clinical practice.