Prediction of axillary lymph node metastasis in primary breast cancer patients using a decision tree-based model

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Takada, Masahiro ^a,b   Sugimoto, Masahiro ^a,c   Naito, Yasuhiro ^c   Moon, Hyeong Gon ^d   Han, Wonshik ^d   Noh, Dong Young ^d   Kondo, Masahide ^e   Kuroi, Katsumasa ^f   Sasano, Hironobu ^g   Inamoto, Takashi ^h   Tomita, Masaru ^c   Toi, Masakazu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternating decision tree; Breast cancer; Data mining; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; DATA MINING; DECISION TREE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROC CURVE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84862207098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-54     Document Type: Article

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