Enhancing cancer diagnosis accuracy with a hybrid ML model: A study on UAE patient data

Esraq Humayun, Farzana Talukder Sumona, Lim Kok Cheng, Md Shahin Hossain, Ali Selamat, Ondrej Krejar

Article ID: 8228
Vol 3, Issue 2, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/cte8228
Received: 25 May 2025; Accepted: 1 June 2025; Available online: 18 June 2025; Issue release: 30 June 2025


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Abstract

Preliminary identification of cancer is still essential because it can greatly improve the chances of survival of a patient, as cancer is the leading reason of death internationally. In this study, we introduce a mixed machine learning (ML) model using support vector machines (SVM) and random forest (RF) algorithms. To improve accuracy in diagnosing cancer, classifiers such as linear regression (LinReg), support vector machines (SVM), and logistic regression (LogReg) are used. This way, the model is tested and validated using the UAE Cancer. It contains medical records of all patients, their demographic information, clinical information, and outcomes. Our results demonstrate that the hybrid model achieved 98.3% accuracy, 98.5% recall, and 0.99 AUC-ROC, outperforming individual classifiers. Policies are justiciable despite the difficulties of needing to validate findings from many datasets, make them easy to use clinically, and manage biases in the available information. Because of this study, people are considering how hybrid ML models can be beneficial in clinical care and are encouraging more research on cancer diagnostics.


Keywords

cancer diagnosis; machine learning; hybrid model; support vector machine; random forest; logistic regression; UAE cancer dataset; accuracy; recall; AUC-RO


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