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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2019

Developing a Novel Machine Learning-Based Classification Scheme for Predicting SPCs in Breast Cancer Survivors.

Chi-Chang Chang, Ssu-Han Chen

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chi-Chang ChangSchool of Medical Informatics, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Ssu-Han ChenDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Chung Shan Medical University · TWMing Chi University of Technology · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the high effectiveness of cancer screening and therapies, the diagnosis of second primary cancers (SPCs) has increased in women with breast cancer. The present study was conducted to develop a novel machine learning-based classification scheme for predicting the risk factors of SPCs in breast cancer survivors. The proposed scheme was based on the XGBoost classifier with the following four comparable strategies: transformation, resampling, clustering, and ensemble learning, to improve the training balanced accuracy. Results suggested that the best prediction accuracy for an empirical case is the XGBoost associated with the strategies of resampling and clustering. The experimental results showed that age, sequence of radiotherapy and surgery, surgical margins of the primary site, human epidermal growth factor, high-dose clinical target volume, and estrogen receptors are relatively more important risk factors associated with SPCs in patients with breast cancer. These risk factors should be monitored for the early detection of breast cancer. In conclusion, the proposed scheme can support the important influence of personality and clinical symptom representations in all phases of the primary treatment trajectory. Our results further suggested that adaptive machine learning techniques require the incorporation of significant variables for optimal predictions.

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breast cancerclassificationmachine learningmachine learning-based classification schemesecond primary cancers (SPCs)

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PMID31620166
PMCPMC6759630
OpenAlexW2968473560

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