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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2012

Improved classification of breast cancer peptide and protein profiles by combining two serum workup procedures.

Berit Velstra, Yuri E M van der Burgt, Bart J Mertens, Wilma E Mesker, André M Deelder, Rob A E M Tollenaar

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Berit VelstraDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands. b.velstra@lumc.nl
Yuri E M van der Burgt
Bart J Mertens
Wilma E Mesker
André M Deelder
Rob A E M Tollenaar
Leiden University Medical Center · NL

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Abstract

purposeDetection of breast cancer at early stage increases patient's survival. Mass spectrometry-based protein analysis of serum samples is a promising approach to obtain biomarker profiles for early detection. A combination of commonly applied solid-phase extraction procedures for clean-up may increase the number of detectable peptides and proteins. In this study, we have evaluated whether the classification performance of breast cancer profiles improves by using two serum workup procedures.

methodsSerum samples from 105 breast cancer patients and 202 healthy volunteers were processed according to a standardized protocol implemented on a high-end liquid-handling robot. Peptide and protein enrichments were carried out using weak-cation exchange (WCX) and reversed-phase (RP) C18 magnetic beads. Profiles were acquired on a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer. In this way, two different biomarker profiles were obtained for each serum sample, yielding a WCX- and RPC18-dataset.

resultsThe profiles were statistically evaluated with double cross-validation. Classification results of WCX- and RPC18-datasets were determined for each set separately and for the combination of both sets. Sensitivity and specificity were 82 and 87 % (WCX) and 73 and 93 % (RPC18) for the individual workup procedures. These values increased up to 84 and 95 %, respectively, upon combining the data.

conclusionIt was found that MALDI-TOF peptide and protein profiles can be used for classification of breast cancer with high sensitivity and specificity. The classification performance even improved when two workup procedures were applied, since these provide a greater number of features (proteins).

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorBlood ProteinsBreast NeoplasmsCase-Control StudiesEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsPeptidesProtein Array AnalysisSensitivity and SpecificityBiomarkers, TumorBlood ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsPeptides

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