Breast Cancer Detection and Bias Mitigation

The field of breast cancer research is moving towards developing more accurate and robust classification-based approaches for early detection, particularly in applications such as large-scale screening. Researchers are exploring new methods to improve the interpretation of breast MRI scans, addressing the limited availability of high-quality segmentation labels. Additionally, there is a growing focus on investigating and mitigating bias in automated segmentation models, as well as in synthetic medical data generation. This includes evaluating fairness across protected attributes, such as age and ethnicity, and developing frameworks to mitigate disparities. Noteworthy papers include: MeisenMeister, which provides a comprehensive overview of a two-stage pipeline for breast cancer classification on MRI. Who Does Your Algorithm Fail, which reveals an intrinsic age-related bias in automated segmentation labels and highlights the necessity of investigating data at a granular level. MedEqualizer, which introduces a model-agnostic augmentation framework to enrich underrepresented subgroups in synthetic data generation. Fuzzy Soft Set Theory based Expert System, which presents a non-invasive and accessible method for preliminary breast cancer risk assessment using clinical and physiological parameters.

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MeisenMeister: A Simple Two Stage Pipeline for Breast Cancer Classification on MRI

Who Does Your Algorithm Fail? Investigating Age and Ethnic Bias in the MAMA-MIA Dataset

MedEqualizer: A Framework Investigating Bias in Synthetic Medical Data and Mitigation via Augmentation

Fuzzy Soft Set Theory based Expert System for the Risk Assessment in Breast Cancer Patients

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