Case-Based Reasoning for
Breast Cancer Treatment Decision Helping

Jean Lieber and Benoit Bresson

Orpailleur research group
LORIA, UMR 7503  CNRS, INRIA-Lorraine, Nancy Universities
BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-ls-Nancy, France
{lieber , bresson}@loria.fr


Abstract. This paper presents two applications for the breast cancer
treatment decision helping. The first one is called CASIMIR/RBR and can
be likened to a rule-based reasoning system. In some situations, the application 
of the rules of this system does not provide a satisfying treatment.
Then, the application CASIMIR/CBRwhich is not fully implemented-can be used. 
CASIMIR/CBR uses principles of case-based reasoning in order 
to suggest solutions by adapting the rules of CASIMIR/RBR. In this
framework, the rules are considered as cases: they are adapted rather
than used literally.


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