Abstract:
Primary Hyperparathyroidism(PHPT) is a relatively common disease, affecting about one in
every 1,000 adults. However, screening for PHPT can be difficult, meaning it often goes
undiagnosed for long periods of time. While looking at specific blood test results independently
can help indicate whether a patient has PHPT, often these blood result levels can all be within
their respective normal ranges despite the patient having PHPT. Based on clinical data from the
real world, in this work, we propose a novel approach to screening PHPT with neural network
(NN) architectures, achieving over 97% accuracy with common blood values as inputs. Further,
we propose a second model achieving over 99% accuracy with additional lab test values as
inputs. Moreover, compared to traditional PHPT screening methods, our NN can reduce the false
negatives of traditional screening methods by 99%.
