Diagnosis of breast cancer using Bayesian networks: a case study. Cruz-Ramírez, N., Acosta-Mesa, H., G., Carrillo-Calvet, H., Nava-Fernández, L., A., & Barrientos-Martínez, R., E. Computers in biology and medicine, 37(11):1553-64, 11, 2007.
Diagnosis of breast cancer using Bayesian networks: a case study. [link]Website  doi  abstract   bibtex   
We evaluate the effectiveness of seven Bayesian network classifiers as potential tools for the diagnosis of breast cancer using two real-world databases containing fine-needle aspiration of the breast lesion cases collected by a single observer and multiple observers, respectively. The results show a certain ingredient of subjectivity implicitly contained in these data: we get an average accuracy of 93.04% for the former and 83.31% for the latter. These findings suggest that observers see different things when looking at the samples in the microscope; a situation that significantly diminishes the performance of these classifiers in diagnosing such a disease.
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