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. 2021 Mar;50(3):598–605. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v50i3.5606

Table 3:

The most important rules extracted from datasets

Datasets Rule Right classified records Wrong classified records
LD dataset 1. If cancer is Stage IV and Progesterone Receptor testing is not ordered by oncologist and Age of patient is less than or equal to 42, then the patient is not survived 19 0
2. If cancer is Stage IV and Tumor size is greater than or equal to 4.5, then the patient is not survived 48 6
3. If Positive regional lymph nodes is greater than or equal to 6 and cancer is Stage IV, then the patient is not survived 21 6
MI dataset 1 1. If cancer is Stage IV and Tumor size is greater than or equal to 4 and Her2 testing is ordered by oncologist, then the patient is not survived 52 2
2. If cancer is Stage IV and Positive regional lymph nodes is greater than or equal to 5, then the patient is not survived 61 15
3. If Age of patient is between 54 and 67 and Her2 testing is ordered by oncologist and Positive regional lymph nodes is greater than or equal to 4 and Behavior of cancer is malignant, then the patient is not survived 19 2
MI dataset 2 1. If cancer is Stage IV and Progesterone Receptor testing is not ordered by oncologist, then the patient is not survived 99 20
2. If cancer is Stage IV and Tumor size is greater than or equal to 5 and Her2 testing is ordered by oncologist, then the patient is not survived 28 1
3. If Positive regional lymph nodes is greater than or equal to 9 and Age of patient is greater than or equal to 48 and Removed regional lymph nodes is between 17 and 24, then patient is not survived 10 0
MI dataset 3 1. If cancer is Stage IV and Progesterone Receptor testing is not ordered by oncologist, then patient is not survived 97 18
2. If cancer is Stage IV and Tumor size is greater than or equal to 4 and Her2 testing is ordered by oncologist, then patient is not survived 29 1
3. If Age is greater than or equal to 54 and Her2 testing is ordered by oncologist and Positive regional lymph nodes is greater than or equal to 4, then patient is not survived 22 6
MI dataset 4 1. If cancer is Stage IV and Progesterone Receptor testing is not ordered by oncologist and Her2 testing is ordered by oncologist, then patient is not survived 48 3
2. If cancer is Stage IV and Tumor size is greater than or equal to 5, then patient is not survived 60 12
3. If Positive regional lymph nodes is greater than or equal to 9 and Tumor size is less than or equal to 4 and Age is greater than or equal to 47, then patient is not survived 20 4
MI dataset 5 1. If cancer is Stage IV and Surgery is not recommended, then patient is not survived 42 3
2. If cancer is Stage IV and Tumor size is greater than or equal to 5 and Her2 testing is ordered by oncologist, then patient is not survived 22 2
3. If cancer is Stage IV and Positive regional lymph nodes is greater than or equal to 5, then patient is not survived 56 13