The Journal of Practical Medicine ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (7): 1192-1200.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-5725.2026.07.011

• Oncology: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention • Previous Articles    

Developing an ovarian cancer diagnostic model from ultrasound radiomics, O‑RADS classification, and clinical factors

Jing YIN1,2,Pingyang ZHANG1(),Junli WANG2,Weiwei YIN2,Xiaoai CHU2,Wenyan ZHAO3   

  1. 1.Department of Cardiovascular Ultrasound,Nanjing Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing First Hospital,Nanjing 210006,Jiangsu,China
    2.Department of Ultrasound Medicine,Wuhu Hospital Affiliated to East China Normal University,Wuhu Second People's Hospital,Wuhu 241000,Anhui,China
    3.Department of Ultrasound Medicine,First People's Hospital of Hefei,Hefei 230000,Anhui,China
  • Received:2025-12-01 Revised:2025-12-26 Accepted:2025-12-30 Online:2026-04-10 Published:2026-04-13
  • Contact: Pingyang ZHANG E-mail:zhpy28@126.com

Abstract:

Objective This study aims to integrate ultrasound radiomics, the O-RADS (v2022) classification system, and clinical risk factors to develop and validate an intelligent diagnostic model for improving the accuracy of differentiating between benign and malignant ovarian tumors. Methods A multicenter, retrospective study design was adopted. A total of 596 patients who underwent surgery at our institution were enrolled and randomly split into a training set (n = 418) and an internal validation set (n = 178) at a 7:3 ratio. Additionally, 110 patients from an external hospital were recruited as an external test set. Model construction consisted of three core components: (1) extraction of 12 radiomics features from standardized ultrasound images; (2) O-RADS classification results derived from blinded assessments and consensus among three physicians; (3) clinical predictors (age, maximum tumor diameter, CA125, HE4, and menopausal status) identified through univariate and multivariate logistic regression screening. Three models were developed and compared: a standalone O-RADS model, a combined clinical-O-RADS model, and an integrated radiomics-clinical-O-RADS model. Results The integrated model exhibited the optimal diagnostic performance, with area under the curve (AUC) values of 0.95 in the training set, 0.92 in the internal validation set, and 0.89 in the external test set (P < 0.05). Decision curve analysis (DCA) further confirmed that this model achieved a higher clinical net benefit across a wide range of threshold probabilities. Feature importance analysis revealed that radiomics features contributed the most to the model’s predictive power (approximately 60%). Conclusions The integrated model combining ultrasound radiomics, O-RADS classification, and clinical factors significantly improves the preoperative diagnostic accuracy for distinguishing between benign and malignant ovarian lesions. It demonstrates good generalization ability and clinical utility, providing an objective and precise auxiliary tool to support clinical decision-making in ovarian tumor management.

Key words: ovarian cancer, ultrasound diagnosis, radiomics, O-RADS classification system, diagnostic model

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