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LLMs show promise for early chronic kidney disease screening

A new study proposes LLM4CKD, a framework utilizing large language models for early-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) screening. This approach aims to overcome the data and training limitations of traditional machine learning and deep learning methods by employing zero-shot and few-shot in-context learning. While LLMs show competitive performance in low-data scenarios, often matching or exceeding traditional models, their stability decreases with increased input complexity. Traditional ML, DL, and tabular foundation models demonstrate more consistent improvement with larger datasets, indicating a trade-off between LLM data efficiency and the stability of other methods. AI

IMPACT LLMs offer a data-efficient alternative for medical screening where labeled data is scarce, though stability remains a concern.

RANK_REASON Research paper detailing a new framework for disease screening using LLMs. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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LLMs show promise for early chronic kidney disease screening

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Muhammad Ashad Kabir, Sirajam Munira ·

    LLM4CKD: Large Language Models for Early Stage Chronic Kidney Disease Screening

    arXiv:2609.04013v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Early screening of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is critical for timely intervention, yet most machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) approaches require labeled data and model training, limiting their use in real-world screenin…