Predicting metastasis in breast cancer: Comparing a decision tree with domain experts

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-273

  Razavi, Amir R ^a   Gill, Hans ^a   Åhlfeldt, Hans ^a   Shahsavar, Nosrat ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Classification; Data mining; Decision support; Decision tree induction (DTI); Domain expert; Prediction

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER PREDICTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SWEDEN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 34250832163     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9064-1     Document Type: Article

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