PMID: 16525693Mar 10, 2006Paper

Comparative study of intelligent models for the prediction of bladder cancer progression

Oncology Reports
Maysam F AbbodFreddie C Hamdy

Abstract

New techniques for the prediction of tumour behaviour are needed since statistical analysis has low accuracy and is not applicable to the individual. Artificial intelligence (AI) may provide suitable methods. We have compared the predictive accuracies of neuro-fuzzy modelling (NFM), artificial neural networks (ANN) and traditional statistical methods for the prediction of bladder cancer. Experimental molecular biomarkers, including p53 expression and gene methylation, and conventional clinicopathological data were studied in a cohort of 117 patients with bladder cancer. For all 3 methods, models were produced to predict the presence and timing of tumour progression. Both methods of AI predicted progression with an accuracy ranging from 88-100%, which was superior to logistic regression, and NFM appeared to be better than ANN at predicting the timing of progression.

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