Mastering Machine Learning with R - Second Edition
by Cory Lesmeister, Doug Ortiz, Vikram Dhillon, Miroslav Kopecky
Business understanding
The Stanford University Medical Center has provided preoperative Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) data on 97 patients who are about to undergo radical prostatectomy (complete prostate removal) for the treatment of prostate cancer. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that nearly 30,000 American men died of prostate cancer in 2014 (http://www.cancer.org/). PSA is a protein that is produced by the prostate gland and is found in the bloodstream. The goal is to develop a predictive model of PSA among the provided set of clinical measures. PSA can be an effective prognostic indicator, among others, of how well a patient can and should do after surgery. The patient's PSA levels are measured at various intervals after ...
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