Empowering Breast Cancer Detection with AI: A Modified Support Vector Machine Approach for Improved Classification Accuracy

Breast cancer poses a significant threat to women's health, being a leading cause of cancer-related mortality among female population. In recent years, machine learning has emerged as a promising approach in medical field, particularly in detection and classification tasks. However, existing algorithms often exhibit suboptimal accuracy, necessitating improved methodologies. This research presents a novel approach using a Modified Support Vector Machine (MSVM) for breast cancer classification into benign and malignant categories. Leveraging the Wisconsin Breast Cancer Dataset (WBCD), preprocessing techniques are applied to enhance data quality. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) reduces dimensionality, while linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) extracts discriminative features crucial for classification. The proposed MSVM classifier achieves exceptional performance, with a classification accuracy of 99.42%, outperforming other existing methods such as Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Fuzzy Rule-based Systems. These results highlight the efficacy of the MSVM approach in accurately distinguishing between benign and malignant breast cancer cases, showcasing its potential as a reliable tool for medical image analysis and cancer diagnosis.