Interpretable Models to Predict Breast Cancer

Abstract

Several works in the literature use propositional ("black box") approaches to generate prediction models. In this work we employ the Inductive Logic Programming technique, whose prediction model is based on first order rules, to the domain of breast cancer. These rules have the advantage of being interpretable and convenient to be used as a common language between the computer scientists and the medical experts. We also explore the relevance of some of variables usually collected to predict breast cancer. We compare our results with a propositional classifier that was considered best for the same dataset studied in this paper.