Published on in Vol 23, No 7 (2021): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/20708, first published .
Integrating Patient Data Into Skin Cancer Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks: Systematic Review

Integrating Patient Data Into Skin Cancer Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks: Systematic Review

Integrating Patient Data Into Skin Cancer Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks: Systematic Review

Julia Höhn   1 * , MSc ;   Achim Hekler   1 * , MSc ;   Eva Krieghoff-Henning   1 , PhD ;   Jakob Nikolas Kather   2, 3 , Prof Dr med ;   Jochen Sven Utikal   4, 5 , Prof Dr med ;   Friedegund Meier   6 , Univ Prof Dr med ;   Frank Friedrich Gellrich   6 ;   Axel Hauschild   7 , Dr med ;   Lars French   8 , Dr med ;   Justin Gabriel Schlager   8 , Dr med ;   Kamran Ghoreschi   9 , Dr med ;   Tabea Wilhelm   9 , Dr med ;   Heinz Kutzner   10 , Dr med ;   Markus Heppt   11 , PD Dr med ;   Sebastian Haferkamp   12 , PD Dr med ;   Wiebke Sondermann   13 , Dr med ;   Dirk Schadendorf   13 , Dr med ;   Bastian Schilling   14 , Dr med ;   Roman C Maron   1 , MSc ;   Max Schmitt   1 , MSc ;   Tanja Jutzi   1 , PhD ;   Stefan Fröhling   3, 15 , Prof Dr med ;   Daniel B Lipka   3, 15, 16 , PD Dr med ;   Titus Josef Brinker   1 , Dr med, MD

1 Digital Biomarkers for Oncology Group (DBO), National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

2 Department of Medicine III, RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

3 National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

4 Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

5 Skin Cancer Unit, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

6 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, Dresden, Germany

7 Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

8 Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany

9 Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

10 Dermatopathology Laboratory, Friedrichshafen, Germany

11 Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

12 Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

13 Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

14 Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

15 Translational Cancer Epigenomics, Division of Translational Medical Oncology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

16 Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Titus Josef Brinker, Dr med, MD
  • Digital Biomarkers for Oncology Group (DBO)
  • National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)
  • German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
  • Im Neuenheimer Feld 460
  • Heidelberg
  • Germany
  • Phone: 49 62213219304
  • Email: titus.brinker@nct-heidelberg.de