Exploring Machine Learning Classifiers for Breast Cancer Classification

• Inayatul Haq,
• Tehseen Mazhar,
• Hinna Hafeez,
• Najib Ullah,
• Fatma Mallek,
• Habib Hamam,

Vol. 18, No. 4, April 30, 2024
10.3837/tiis.2024.04.003, Download Paper (Free):

• Artificial intelligence
• data processing
• Computations
• Bioinformatics
• Machine Learning
• breast cancer
• image processing

Abstract

Breast cancer is a major health concern affecting women and men globally. Early detection and accurate classification of breast cancer are vital for effective treatment and survival of patients. This study addresses the challenge of accurately classifying breast tumors using machine learning classifiers such as MLP, AdaBoostM1, logit Boost, Bayes Net, and the J48 decision tree. The research uses a dataset available publicly on GitHub to assess the classifiers' performance and differentiate between the occurrence and non-occurrence of breast cancer. The study compares the 10-fold and 5-fold cross-validation effectiveness, showing that 10-fold cross-validation provides superior results. Also, it examines the impact of varying split percentages, with a 66% split yielding the best performance. This shows the importance of selecting appropriate validation techniques for machine learning-based breast tumor classification. The results also indicate that the J48 decision tree method is the most accurate classifier, providing valuable insights for developing predictive models for cancer diagnosis and advancing computational medical research.

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