Prediction of prostate cancer using decision tree algorithm

GÜLKESEN, KEMAL; KÖKSAL, İSMAİL; ÖZDEM, SEBAHAT; Saka, Osman

doi:10.3906/sag-0906-47

Prediction of prostate cancer using decision tree algorithm

GÜLKESEN K. H., KÖKSAL İ. T., ÖZDEM S., Saka O.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.40, sa.5, ss.681-686, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2010
Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-0906-47
Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.681-686
Anahtar Kelimeler: Prostatic neoplasms, prostate-specific antigen, decision trees, DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION, ARTIFICIAL NEURAL-NETWORK, SCREENING POPULATION, ANTIGEN, SERUM, BIOPSY, RATIO, CLASSIFICATION, VALIDATION, PERCENTAGE
Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Serum Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) level is used for prediction of cancer, but this approach suffers from weak sensitivity and specificity. We applied binary-split decision tree (DT) algorithm to prostate cancer prediction problem.