Data-driven generation of medical-research hypotheses in cancer patients

Hsin Hsiung Chang, Jung Hsien Chiang, Cheng Chung Chu

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Abstract

Hypotheses are the most important part of medical research. If we have a good hypothesis, we can design experiments and verify it. Therefore, we use the associations generated by association rule as hypotheses in clinical medicine research. We hope this method can help physicians quickly and correctly find research hypotheses. This experiment was divided into two parts. In the first part, we used the Apriori algorithm to find associations between cancer and other catastrophic illnesses. In the second part, we used these associations as medical-research hypotheses and designed cohort studies to verify them. In this study, we proved that the association-rules method could help clinical physicians quickly and correctly obtain clinical-medicine hypotheses.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021
EditorsW. K. Chan, Bill Claycomb, Hiroki Takakura, Ji-Jiang Yang, Yuuichi Teranishi, Dave Towey, Sergio Segura, Hossain Shahriar, Sorel Reisman, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages626-631
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665424639
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Jul
Event45th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021 - Virtual, Online, Spain
Duration: 2021 Jul 122021 Jul 16

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2021 IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021

Conference

Conference45th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2021
Country/TerritorySpain
CityVirtual, Online
Period21-07-1221-07-16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software

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