Easy ensemble classifier-group and intersectional fairness and threshold (EEC-GIFT): a fairness-aware machine learning framework for lung cancer screening eligibility using real-world data.

Journal: JNCI cancer spectrum
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: We use real-world data to develop a lung cancer screening (LCS) eligibility mechanism that is both accurate and free from racial bias.

Authors

  • Piyawan Conahan
    Department of Machine Learning, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States.
  • Lary A Robinson
    Division of Thoracic Oncology (Surgery), H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States.
  • Trung Le
    Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
  • Gilmer Valdes
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California.
  • Matthew B Schabath
    Associate Member, Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL.
  • Margaret M Byrne
    Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States.
  • Lee Green
    Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States.
  • Issam El Naqa
    Department of Machine Learning, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.
  • Yi Luo
    Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA, and also with the California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.