Machine learning can predict cancer with 100% accuracy on a dataset.
problem Accuracy of cancer predictions using machine learning.
method Extensive experiments on the Wisconsin Diagnostic Breast Cancer dataset.
result Machine learning algorithms can be easily misled to achieve 100% accuracy.
In this paper, we analyze the Wisconsin Diagnostic Breast Cancer Data using Machine Learning classification techniques, such as the SVM, Bayesian Logistic Regression (Variational Approximation), and K-Nearest-Neighbors. We describe each model, and compare their performance through different measures. We conclude that S…
This paper presents a comparison of six machine learning (ML) algorithms: GRU-SVM (Agarap, 2017), Linear Regression, Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Nearest Neighbor (NN) search, Softmax Regression, and Support Vector Machine (SVM) on the Wisconsin Diagnostic Breast Cancer (WDBC) dataset (Wolberg, Street, & Mangasarian, 1…
A fast method finds interpretable counterfactual explanations using class prototypes.
problem Finding understandable counterfactual explanations for classifier predictions.
method Using class prototypes, the method speeds up and improves interpretability of counterfactual instances.
result The method significantly speeds up and improves the interpretability of counterfactual explanations.
Two new feature selection methods improve breast cancer diagnosis accuracy.
problem Improving breast cancer diagnosis accuracy and reducing dataset dimensions.
method Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) and Bat Algorithm (BA) integrated with ML algorithms.
result BA-based feature selection method outperforms other methods with 99.12% accuracy.
As much as data science is playing a pivotal role everywhere, healthcare also finds it prominent application. Breast Cancer is the top rated type of cancer amongst women; which took away 627,000 lives alone. This high mortality rate due to breast cancer does need attention, for early detection so that prevention can be…
Neural network improves breast cancer diagnosis with high accuracy.
problem Improving accuracy in breast cancer diagnosis.
method Higher-order probabilistic perceptron (HOPP) model.
result HOPP model achieves up to 97% accuracy in classifying breast cancer tumors.
Breast cancer is the most frequently reported cancer type among the women around the globe and beyond that it has the second highest female fatality rate among all cancer types. Despite all the progresses made in prevention and early intervention, early prognosis and survival prediction rates are still unsatisfactory. …
Paper presents a breast cancer detection model using ELM-RBF.
problem Detecting breast cancer using mammography with high cost and side effects.
method Multilayer fuzzy expert system with ELM-RBF model.
result ELM-RBF model outperforms linear-SVM model in accuracy, precision, sensitivity, specificity, and other metrics.
Paper identifies key CpG methylation sites for breast cancer.
problem Early detection and treatment of breast cancer.
method Used machine learning on TCGA dataset to classify cancer vs. non-cancer samples.
result Reduced model with 25 key CpG sites achieves over 94% accuracy.
In order to investigate the breast cancer prediction problem on the aging population with the grades of DCIS, we conduct a tree augmented naive Bayesian network experiment trained and tested on a large clinical dataset including consecutive diagnostic mammography examinations, consequent biopsy outcomes and related can…
Study predicts 10-year survival rates for breast cancer patients.
problem Predicting long-term survival of breast cancer patients.
method Machine learning approaches to assess survival rates.
result Improved accuracy in predicting 10-year survival.
We present an extension of sparse Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) designed for finding multiple-to-multiple linear correlations within a single set of variables. Unlike CCA, which finds correlations between two sets of data where the rows are matched exactly but the columns represent separate sets of variables, th…
Study examines perceptions and attitudes about breast cancer on Twitter.
problem Understanding public perceptions and attitudes towards breast cancer on social media.
method Identified and collected tweets, used topic modeling and sentiment analysis.
result Identified themes and quantified users' perceptions and emotions about breast cancer.
Deep CNN model improves breast cancer screening exam classification.
problem Improving accuracy in breast cancer screening exam classification.
method Localization-based deep CNN trained on 200,000 exams.
result AUC of 0.919 in predicting malignancy, reducing error rate by 23%.
With an aging and growing population, the number of women requiring either screening or symptomatic mammograms is increasing. To reduce the number of mammograms that need to be read by a radiologist while keeping the diagnostic accuracy the same or better than current clinical practice, we develop Man and Machine Mammo…
Transfer learning from breast histopathology improves prostate cancer detection.
problem Insufficient prostate histopathology datasets for training.
method Transfer learning from breast histopathology images.
result Proposed approach outperforms transfer learning from ImageNet dataset.
Deep learning model explains breast cancer subtypes using logistic regression.
problem Clarifying the mechanisms of breast cancer subtypes for better treatment.
method Developed a PWL model that generates custom-made logistic regression for each patient.
result The PWL model reveals genes relevant to cell cycle-related pathways.
The paper compares Bayesian trees, Cox models, and random forests for breast cancer survival data.
problem Modeling survival data with nonlinear and additive effects.
method Bayesian Additive Regression Trees, Cox proportional hazards, and Random Survival Forests.
result Bayesian trees outperform other models in terms of bias and prediction accuracy.
Microwave-based breast cancer detection has been proposed as a complementary approach to compensate for some drawbacks of existing breast cancer detection techniques. Among the existing microwave breast cancer detection methods, machine learning-type algorithms have recently become more popular. These focus on detectin…
Complete CAD system for breast cancer detection from mammograms.
problem Reducing human errors in breast cancer detection.
method Algorithm development for image enhancement, mass and microcalcifications detection, and system architecture design.
result Novel algorithms for mass and microcalcifications detection with superior accuracy.
Deep learning network matches radiologists in breast cancer segmentation.
problem Automating radiologist-level cancer segmentation from breast MRI.
method 3D U-Net architecture trained on 382,290 breast scans, compared to 255,500 benign cases.
result Network performance matched radiologists' on 2D segmentation of breast cancers.
New models compare mammograms to improve cancer diagnosis.
problem Improving cancer diagnosis accuracy by comparing recent and prior mammograms.
method Proposed neural network models trained on over 665,000 pairs of images.
result Best model achieves AUC of 0.866 in predicting malignancy.
Deep neural network improves cancer detection accuracy in breast screening.
problem Improving cancer detection accuracy in breast screening.
method Two-stage training procedure using patch-level and macroscopic labels.
result Neural network achieves AUC of 0.895 in predicting cancer presence.
Unified framework improves gene prioritization in disease studies.
problem Identifying genes involved in diseases using heterogeneous biological data.
method Network propagation-based gene prioritization with integrated biological information.
result Significant improvements in prioritizing genes not identified by traditional methods.
Deep learning predicts breast cancer with high accuracy from patient data.
problem Early detection of breast cancer from patient data.
method Feature selection and k-fold Monte Carlo cross-validation using deep learning.
result Deep learning model effectively distinguishes between cancer and healthy patients.
Neural network classifies breast cancer lesions using global and local image features.
problem Classifying breast cancer lesions in medical images with high resolution and small regions of interest.
method Proposes a neural network that combines global saliency maps and local patches for pixel-level saliency maps.
result Achieves radiologist-level performance in screening mammography interpretation.
An algorithm reduces breast cancer detection data complexity using effect sizes.
problem Improving accuracy in breast cancer detection.
method Statistical feature selection and SVM classifier with linear kernel.
result SVM classifier achieved over 90% accuracy.
DDSTN improves breast cancer diagnosis by leveraging imbalanced ultrasound modalities.
problem Imbalanced ultrasound modalities in diagnosing breast cancer.
method Integrates LUPI and MMD into a deep transfer learning framework.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in BUS-based CAD.
Copula-based fusion improves breast cancer risk stratification.
problem Combining clinical and genomic risk scores using simple rules fails to capture their joint relationship.
method Used copulas to model the joint relationship between clinical and genomic risk scores.
result Copula-based fusion improves risk stratification, identifying subgroups with the worst prognosis.
Paper optimizes sparse feature selection for cancer detection using GSVP and SVM.
problem Sparse feature selection for cancer detection.
method Regularized GSVP with proximal gradient descent, feature selection via SVM.
result Near-perfect balanced accuracy with few selected features.
Breast density classification is an essential part of breast cancer screening. Although a lot of prior work considered this problem as a task for learning algorithms, to our knowledge, all of them used small and not clinically realistic data both for training and evaluation of their models. In this work, we explore the…
Robust method estimates self-similarity for mammogram images, improving cancer detection.
problem Statistical assessment of self-similarity in real data with large mean level shifts.
method Theil-type weighted regression for wavelet-based estimation, compared to OLS and AV.
result Robust approach shows nearly 68% accuracy in cancer vs non-cancer classification.
Deep object detection improves mitotic nucleus detection in breast cancer biopsies.
problem Challenges in automated mitotic nucleus detection in breast cancer histopathological images.
method Adapted Mask R-CNN for deep object detection, initially selects candidate regions with maximum recall, refines them with multi-object loss function.
result Improved discrimination ability (F-score of 0.86) and significant precision (0.86) for mitotic nuclei compared to two-stage models.
A-MIL improves histopathology image classification and localization.
problem Improving diagnosis of breast cancer through better interpretation of histopathology images.
method Frame image classification as multiple instance learning, use attention-based learning for localization.
result A-MIL achieves better localization without compromising classification accuracy.
PersonalizedUS assesses breast cancer risk with local coverage guarantees.
problem Manual BI-RADS scoring leads to unnecessary biopsies and mental health burden.
method Conformal prediction for precise, personalized risk estimates.
result Local coverage guarantees with high sensitivity and specificity.
AI enhances cancer diagnostics using spectroscopy.
problem Early and accurate cancer diagnosis.
method Combining AI with spectroscopy-based techniques.
result AI improves cancer diagnostics speed and safety.
Quantum machine learning: Adiabatic quantum SVM outperforms classical methods.
problem Training support vector machines efficiently on large datasets.
method Adiabatic quantum computing for SVM training.
result Quantum approach outperforms classical methods in accuracy and scalability.
Automatization of the diagnosis of any kind of disease is of great importance and it's gaining speed as more and more deep learning solutions are applied to different problems. One of such computer aided systems could be a decision support too able to accurately differentiate between different types of breast cancer hi…
Deep learning predicts response to HER2-targeted breast cancer therapy.
problem Predicting response to HER2-targeted neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
method Developed and validated a deep learning approach using pre-treatment dynamic breast MRI.
result Deep learning model achieved strong performance in predicting pathological complete response.
New method tackles heterogeneous breast cancer imaging data.
problem Challenges in multimodality breast cancer imaging data.
method Developed a multilayer tensor learning method to incorporate heterogeneity.
result Outperforms other existing methods in predicting disease status.
Method predicts ODX scores for breast cancer patients based on clinical data.
problem Predicting ODX scores for breast cancer patients to aid decision-making.
method Distributional random forest approach using 9 clinico-pathological characteristics.
result Correctly predicted 92% of low risk and 40.2% of high risk patients.
Deep learning models are vulnerable to adversarial attacks, leading to critical errors.
problem Vulnerability of deep learning models to adversarial attacks in critical applications.
method Implemented various defenses (adversarial training, dimensionality reduction, prediction similarity) against adversarial attacks.
result Models became more robust against adversarial attacks without significant loss in accuracy.
Improved breast cancer screening with a fast, memory-efficient model.
problem Classifying high-resolution breast cancer screening images.
method Extends globally-aware multiple instance classifier to handle image-level labels.
result Achieves AUC of 0.93 in classifying malignant findings, outperforming existing methods.
Objectives: Most cancer data sources lack information on metastatic recurrence. Electronic medical records (EMRs) and population-based cancer registries contain complementary information on cancer treatment and outcomes, yet are rarely used synergistically. To enable detection of metastatic breast cancer (MBC), we appl…
Study assesses deep neural networks' robustness in mammogram images.
problem Understanding deep neural networks' robustness in mammogram images for breast cancer screening.
method Measuring sensitivity to four perturbations and analyzing low-pass filtering effects.
result Mammogram image classifiers are sensitive to perturbations similar to natural images, but low-pass filtering degrades clinically meaningful features.
High predictive performance and ease of use and interpretability are important requirements for the applicability of a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) to human reading studies. We propose a CAD system specifically designed to be more comprehensible to the radiologist reviewing screening breast MRI studies. Multiparametr…
Proposes RCVs for explaining deep neural network predictions in medical images.
problem Need for explainable predictions in medical applications.
method Uses continuous concept measures as RCVs in neural network activation space.
result Nuclei texture is a relevant concept in breast cancer grading.