A two-stage modeling approach for breast cancer survivability prediction.

Journal: International journal of medical informatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing number of studies in breast cancer survival prediction, there is little attention put toward deceased patients and their survival lengths. Moreover, developing a model that is both accurate and interpretable remains a challenge.

Authors

  • Zahra Sedighi-Maman
    Department of Decision Sciences, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530, USA. Electronic address: zmaman@adelphi.edu.
  • Alexa Mondello
    College of Nursing and Public Health, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530, USA. Electronic address: alexamondello@mail.adelphi.edu.