A Computational Neural Approach to Support the Discovery of Gene Function and Classes of Cancer

Author(s): Azuaje, F. |

Year: 2001

Citation: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 48, No. 3, March 2001

Abstract: Advances in molecular classification of tumours may play a central role in cancer treatment. Here, a novel approach to genome expression pattern interpretation is described and applied to the recognition of B-cell malignancies as a test set. Using cDNA microarrays data generated by a previous study, a neural network model known as simplified fuzzy ARTMAP is able to identify normal and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. Furthermore, it discovers the distinction between patients with molecularly distinct forms of DLBCL without previous knowledge of those subtypes.

Topics: Machine Learning, Applications: Medical Diagnosis, Models: Fuzzy ARTMAP,

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