Obtaining Tractable and Interpretable Descriptions for Cases with Complications from a Colorectal Cancer Database

Abstract

Colorectal cancer affects to a significant portion of the population and is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in many countries. Professionals of the Reina Sofia University Hospital have fed a database about this pathology for more than 10 years. In this work, we apply classification and association rule learning tools, including a new methodology, to obtain tractable and interpretable descriptions of those cases where complications appeared, which is one of the attributes.