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An integrated approach utilizing proteomics and bioinformatics to detect ovarian cancer.

Yu JK, Zheng S, Tang Y, Li L

Cancer Institute, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.

OBJECTIVE: To find new potential biomarkers and establish the patterns for the detection of ovarian cancer. METHODS: Sixty one serum samples including 32 ovarian cancer patients and 29 healthy people were detected by surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (SELDI-MS). The protein fingerprint data were analyzed by bioinformatics tools. Ten folds cross-validation support vector machine (SVM) was used to establish the diagnostic pattern. RESULTS: Five potential biomarkers were found (2085 Da, 5881 Da, 7564 Da, 9422 Da, 6044 Da), combined with which the diagnostic pattern separated the ovarian cancer from the healthy samples with a sensitivity of 96.7%, a specificity of 96.7% and a positive predictive value of 96.7%. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of SELDI with bioinformatics tools could find new biomarkers and establish patterns with high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of ovarian cancer.

Published 8 March 2005 in J Zhejiang Univ Sci B, 6(4): 227-31.
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