Abstract
Cancer prognostic prediction requires a classification system that is robust to the interaction and uncertainty of input factors, as well as being interpretable on the decision made. In this paper, a hybrid neuro-fuzzy classifier is applied to determine the long-term outcome of patients with bilharziasis-related bladder cancer. The same data set is also analysed by a multi-layer perception neural network (MLPNN) and logistic regression, which are both widely used in the area of medical decision-making. In order to better assess the value of this neuro-fuzzy classifier, a benchmark data set used in this area of oncology, the Wisconsin breast cancer data (WBCD), is examined by the above three methods. The study demonstrates that the hybrid neuro-fuzzy classifier is efficient in cancer data analysis and it yields a high classification rate of 97.1% for WBCD, and 84.9% for the bladder cancer data, respectively. © 2003 IEEE.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2003 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 181-183 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Print) | 0-7803-7667-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 18 Aug 2003 |
Event | 4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Apr 2003 → 26 Apr 2003 Conference number: 4th |
Conference
Conference | 4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine |
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Abbreviated title | ITAB |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Birmingham |
Period | 24/04/03 → 26/04/03 |
Bibliographical note
This paper was given at the Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2003. 4th International IEEE EMBS Special Topic. This paper is not available on the repositoryKeywords
- Decision making
- Diseases
- Fuzzy inference
- Fuzzy sets
- Fuzzy systems
- Network layers
- Neural networks
- Regression analysis
- Soft computing, Breast cancer data
- Classification rates
- Classification system
- Logistic regressions
- Medical decision making
- Multi-layer perceptron neural networks
- Multilayer perception neural networks
- Neuro fuzzy classifier, Classification (of information)