A comparison of machine learning techniques for survival prediction in breast cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The ability to accurately classify cancer patients into risk classes, i.e. to predict the outcome of the pathology on an individual basis, is a key ingredient in making therapeutic decisions. In recent years gene expression data have...

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Main Authors: Vanneschi Leonardo, Farinaccio Antonella, Mauri Giancarlo, Antoniotti Mauro, Provero Paolo, Giacobini Mario
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BioData Mining
Online Access:http://www.biodatamining.org/content/4/1/12