Reducing demographic bias in biomedical machine learning for cancer detection using cfDNA methylation

By afschroeder • February 25, 2026

Li S, Zeng W, Li W, Liu CC, Zhou Y, Ni X, Stackpole ML, Yeh AH, Melehy A, Lu DS, Raman SS, Hsu W, Mishra L, Shetty K, Tran B, Yokomizo M, Ahuja P, Zhu Y, Tseng HR, Aberle DR, Agopian VG, Han SB, French SW, Dubinett SM, Zhou XJ, Wong WH. Reducing demographic bias in biomedical machine learning for cancer detection using cfDNA methylation. Genome Biol. 2026 Feb 25. doi: 10.1186/s13059-026-04006-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41736096.

Tags: Bias correction, Cancer detection, CfDNA methylation, Demographic bias, Digestive Diseases, machine learning, Publications, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

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