ID
| Sample code number (not unique) |
V1
| Clump thickness |
V2
| Uniformity of cell size |
V3
| Uniformity of cell shape |
V4
| Marginal adhesion |
V5
| Single epithelial cell size |
V6
| Bare nuclei (16 values are missing) |
V7
| Bland chromatin |
V8
| Normal nucleoli |
V9
| Mitoses |
class
|
"benign" or "malignant"
|
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