Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration
Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women and is recognized as a serious global public health issue. The increasing incidence of breast cancer emphasizes the importance of early detection, which enhances the effectiveness of treatment processes. In addressing this challenge, t...
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| description | Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women and is recognized as a serious global public health issue. The increasing incidence of breast cancer emphasizes the importance of early detection, which enhances the effectiveness of treatment processes. In addressing this challenge, the importance of machine learning and deep learning technologies is increasingly recognized. The aim of this study is to evaluate the integration of ensemble models and deep learning models using stacking ensemble techniques on the Breast Cancer Wisconsin (Diagnostic) dataset and to enhance breast cancer diagnosis through this methodology. To achieve this, the efficacy of ensemble methods such as Random Forest, XGBoost, LightGBM, ExtraTrees, HistGradientBoosting, AdaBoost, GradientBoosting, and CatBoost in modeling breast cancer diagnosis was comprehensively evaluated. In addition to ensemble methods, deep learning models including convolutional neural network (CNN), recurrent neural network (RNN), gated recurrent unit (GRU), bidirectional long short-term memory (BILSTM), long short-term memory (LSTM) were analyzed as meta predictors. Among these models, CNN stood out for its high accuracy and rapid training time, making it an ideal choice for real-time diagnostic applications. Finally, the study demonstrated how breast cancer prediction was enhanced by integrating a set of base predictors, such as LightGBM, ExtraTrees, and CatBoost, with a deep learning-based meta-predictor, such as CNN, using stacking ensemble methodology. This stacking integration model offers significant potential for healthcare decision support systems with high accuracy, F1 score, and receiver operating characteristic area under the curve (ROC AUC), along with reduced training times. The results from this research offer important insights for enhancing decision-making strategies in the diagnosis and management of breast cancer. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f6b4993f07a4ac7a4c94ff0b35379de2025-02-05T15:05:08ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ Computer Science2376-59922025-02-0111e246110.7717/peerj-cs.2461Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integrationFatih Gurcan0Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TurkeyBreast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women and is recognized as a serious global public health issue. The increasing incidence of breast cancer emphasizes the importance of early detection, which enhances the effectiveness of treatment processes. In addressing this challenge, the importance of machine learning and deep learning technologies is increasingly recognized. The aim of this study is to evaluate the integration of ensemble models and deep learning models using stacking ensemble techniques on the Breast Cancer Wisconsin (Diagnostic) dataset and to enhance breast cancer diagnosis through this methodology. To achieve this, the efficacy of ensemble methods such as Random Forest, XGBoost, LightGBM, ExtraTrees, HistGradientBoosting, AdaBoost, GradientBoosting, and CatBoost in modeling breast cancer diagnosis was comprehensively evaluated. In addition to ensemble methods, deep learning models including convolutional neural network (CNN), recurrent neural network (RNN), gated recurrent unit (GRU), bidirectional long short-term memory (BILSTM), long short-term memory (LSTM) were analyzed as meta predictors. Among these models, CNN stood out for its high accuracy and rapid training time, making it an ideal choice for real-time diagnostic applications. Finally, the study demonstrated how breast cancer prediction was enhanced by integrating a set of base predictors, such as LightGBM, ExtraTrees, and CatBoost, with a deep learning-based meta-predictor, such as CNN, using stacking ensemble methodology. This stacking integration model offers significant potential for healthcare decision support systems with high accuracy, F1 score, and receiver operating characteristic area under the curve (ROC AUC), along with reduced training times. The results from this research offer important insights for enhancing decision-making strategies in the diagnosis and management of breast cancer.https://peerj.com/articles/cs-2461.pdfBreast cancer predictionStacking ensemble modelDeep learningEnsemble learningStacking integrationEmpirical study |
| spellingShingle | Fatih Gurcan Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration PeerJ Computer Science Breast cancer prediction Stacking ensemble model Deep learning Ensemble learning Stacking integration Empirical study |
| title | Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration |
| title_full | Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration |
| title_short | Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration |
| title_sort | enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration |
| topic | Breast cancer prediction Stacking ensemble model Deep learning Ensemble learning Stacking integration Empirical study |
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