Classification of tumor marker values using heuristic data mining methods
- ISBN: 9781450300735
- DOI: 10.1145/1830761.1830826
Abstract
Tumour markers are substances that are found in blood, urine, or body tissues and that are used as indicators for tumors; elevated tumor marker values can indicate the presence of cancer, but there can also be other causes. We have used a medical database compiled at the blood laboratory of the General Hospital Linz, Austria: Several blood values of thousands of patients are available as well as several tumor markers. We have used several data based modelling approaches for identifying mathematical models for estimating selected tumor marker values on the basis of routinely available blood values; in detail, estimators for the tumor markers AFP, CA-125, CA15-3, CEA, CYFRA, and PSA have been identified and are analysed in this paper. The documented tumour marker values are classified as
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