Daysal, N. Meltem; Mullainathan, Sendhil; Obermeyer, Ziad; … - 2024
We consider the effects of "precision" screening policies for cancer guided by algorithms. We first show that complex … machine learning models can indeed predict cancer better than simpler models that use established risk factors. We then tackle … the evaluation challenge: an algorithm that can predict cancer in a hold-out set only establishes predictability; it does …