| Dataset | Gene sets selected | Random forest classifier (%) ± std | SVM classifier (%) ± std |
| Leukemia | 4050, 2642, 2121 | 98.06 ± 0.72 | 100 ± 0.00 | 4050, 2642, 1882 | 95.56 ± 1.10 | 99.44 ± 0.72 | 4050, 2642, 3258 | 96.39 ± 1.34 | 98.75 ± 0.79 | 2335, 2642, 1843, 4050 | 96.53 ± 1.18 | 97.50 ± 0.88 |
| Brain cancer | 3041, 3052, 3692 | 82.65 ± 3.15 | 65.48 ± 5.18 | 3052, 973, 3041, 3692, 4796 | 81.75 ± 3.52 | 72.75 ± 3.88 | 3041, 3052, 1014, 3692 | 82.68 ± 3.28 | 75.83 ± 3.76 | 7129, 2881, 3052, 865, 1970, 2935, 4871 | 82.20 ± 3.42 | 84.95 ± 3.28 |
| Colon | 493, 792, 739, 513, 280, 1346, 1334, 1954, 1110, 1563, 223, 175, 1668 | 85.32 ± 2.99 | 94.52 ± 2.18 | 493, 792, 377, 1976, 280, 1039, 1334, 698, 1110, 1563, 175, 1668, 1617 | 79.52 ± 0.038 | 90.16 ± 2.46 | 792, 1423, 14, 1976, 1909, 1110, 1589, 102, 107, 1916, 175, 1151, 251 | 83.55 ± 5.03 | 93.55 ± 2.74 | 792, 14, 1976, 765, 1909, 1524, 1110, 175, 43, 53, 1293, 1740, 251 | 85.65 ± 3.52 | 94.35 ± 2.77 |
| SRBCT | 742, 1003, 1954, 430, 2050, 123 | 94.12 ± 2.17 | 99.26 ± 0.52 | 545, 1955, 1434, 509, 971, 255 | 95.41 ± 1.78 | 98.94 ± 1.04 | 1003, 545, 1911, 153, 123, 1489, 2161 | 94.72 ± 1.72 | 97.63 ± 1.15 | 1955, 2050, 545, 2144, 2045, 123, 1489 | 94.78 ± 1.64 | 98.01 ± 1.10 |
| Lung cancer | 1765, 2779, 2841, 1474, 2045, 3191, 2763, 2817, 525, 1552, 1630 | 94.91 ± 0.91 | 98.74 ± 0.33 | 525, 1493, 607, 2763, 792, 580, 867, 368, 3279, 2158, 1225 | 94.26 ± 1.12 | 98.55 ± 0.48 | 1765, 883, 2763, 792, 580, 867, 985, 3279, 2988, 2045, 814 | 94.83 ± 1.03 | 99.16 ± 0.31 | 1765, 525, 2763, 2841, 1474, 2583, 867, 985, 2045, 814, 918 | 94.52 ± 1.00 | 99.18 ± 0.43 |
| Lymphoma | 5279, 4862, 6965, 2374, 1855, 2060 | 79.22 ± 3.61 | 83.71 ± 2.67 | 2828, 2437, 152, 1855, 4998, 2416 | 73.19 ± 4.06 | 78.98 ± 3.03 | 1855, 2828, 152, 2437, 80, 530, 1102 | 72.76 ± 4.65 | 71.57 ± 3.63 | 5279, 4687, 4940, 5449, 1133, 1855, 4519 | 73.24 ± 4.50 | 75.47 ± 3.56 |
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