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Open access
Jul 2026
Domain-specific versus general large language models: a review and empirical benchmark in real medical texts
It is suggested that domain-adapted encoder models may be preferable for similar structured clinical NER settings, although larger and externally validated benchmarks are needed before generalizing to other languages, clinical corpora, model families, or deployment environments.
L. Elvas, Carolina Carvalho
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