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Table 3 Resulting predictor variables selected in this study

From: An improved survivability prognosis of breast cancer by using sampling and feature selection technique to solve imbalanced patient classification data

Categorical variables

Number of distinct values

Variable ID in the study

Label

re_v4

Race

 

27

  

re_v20

Grade

 

4

  

re_v24

Extension of disease

 

32

  

re_sss

Site-specific surgery code

 

9

  

re_v26

Lymph node involvement

 

9

  

re_v102

Stage of cancer

 

4

  

re_v104

SEER modified AJCC stage 3rd

 

9

  

Numerical variables

Mean

S.D.

Min.

Max.

v23

Tumor size

20.70

16.24

0

200

v27

Number of positive nodes

1.44

3.69

0

79