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We also find that quantum ensemble cosine classifiers were effective in learning from few training data, and all quantum ensembles performed comparatively to classical ensembles while using significantly fewer learners. We confirmed this performance characteristic in a separate RCC validation cohort. We present these exploratory results in order to assist other researchers in the design of effective learning using ensembles, particularly for similarly size constrained problems. 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