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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877039403321

Autore

Knudsen Steen

Titolo

Cancer diagnostics with DNA microarrays / / Steen Knudsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Liss, c2006

ISBN

1-280-55153-4

9786610551538

0-470-04110-2

0-470-04109-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

616.99/4075

Soggetti

DNA microarrays - Diagnostic use

Cancer - Diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to DNA microarray technology -- Image analysis -- Basic data analysis -- Visualization by reduction of dimensionality -- Cluster analysis -- Molecular classifiers for cancer -- Survival analysis -- Meta-analysis -- The design of probes for arrays -- Software issues and data formats -- Breast cancer -- Leukemia -- Lymphoma -- Lung cancer -- Bladder cancer -- Colon cancer -- Ovarian cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Melanoma -- Brain tumors -- Organ or tissue specific classification -- Sample collection and stability.

Sommario/riassunto

Authored by an international authority in the field,Cancer Diagnostics with DNA Microarrays is a complete reference work on the rapidly growing use of DNA microarray data in the diagnosis of and treatment planning for a large number of human cancers.Uniquely deals with direct clinical application of microarray data to oncology diagnosis, leading to more effective diagnosis of and clearer treatment regimens for a wide range of human cancersOffers clinicians summary presentation of state-of-the-art science of DNA microarraysEach chapter includes biblio