An Intelligent Decision-Making Support System for the Detection and Staging of Prostate Cancer in Developing Countries

Comput Math Methods Med. 2020 Aug 17:2020:5363549. doi: 10.1155/2020/5363549. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Most developing countries face huge challenges in the medical field; scarce medical resources and inadequate medical personnel will affect the development and stability of the society. Therefore, for most developing countries, the development of intelligent medical systems can greatly alleviate the social contradictions arising from this problem. In this study, a new data decision-making intelligent system for prostate cancer based on perceptron neural network is proposed, which mainly makes decisions by associating some relevant disease indicators and combining them with medical images. Through data collection, analysis and integration of medical data, as well as the disease detection and decision-making process, patients are given an auxiliary diagnosis and treatment, so as to solve the problems and social contradictions faced by most developing countries. Through the study of hospitalization information of more than 8,000 prostate patients in three hospitals, about 2,156,528 data items were collected and compiled for experiment purposes. Experimental data shows that when the patient base increases from 200 to 8,000, the accuracy of the machine-assisted diagnostic system will increase from 61% to 87%, and the doctor's diagnosis rate will be reduced to 81%. From the study, it is concluded that when the patient base reaches a certain number, the diagnostic accuracy of the machine-assisted diagnosis system will exceed the doctor's expertise. Therefore, intelligent systems can help doctors and medical experts treat patients more effectively.

MeSH terms

  • Big Data
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood
  • Computational Biology
  • Decision Support Systems, Clinical*
  • Developing Countries
  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted*
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Humans
  • Kallikreins / blood
  • Machine Learning
  • Male
  • Mathematical Concepts
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neural Networks, Computer
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • KLK3 protein, human
  • Kallikreins
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen