Manuscript Number : IJSRST151318

Role of Microarray Technology in Diagnosis and Classification of Malignant Tumours

Authors(2) :-Mahin Ghorbani, Hamed Karimi

Typical cancer research including diagnosis and classification of tumours performed via clinical , cytological and histopathologically methods .However, some cases show diagnostic disturbances due to inadequate clinical information and aberrant histopathological characters which together demonstrated the disadvantages of typical cancer research in the mentioned branches . Recently, development of microarray technology and gene expression profiles emerged for diagnosis and classification of tumours .This technology could overcome some disadvantages of conventional methods of diagnosis and classification and covered some aspects of unresolved tumour's problems. In this review, we focused on recent discoveries in tumour's diagnosis and classification via microarray technology and importance of this technology in cancer research area. Some important types of cancers recently analysed via microarray technology and reviewed in this paper are such as oral cancers, ovarian cancers, colorectal carcinomas, melanomas and prostate carcinoma and breast cancer. Also classification of some tumours using microarray technology discussed here for emphasis the prominent role of microarray technology in cancer research.

Authors and Affiliations

Mahin Ghorbani
Department of Biotechnology, Fergusson College, F.C. Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Hamed Karimi
Department of Information Technology, Payam Noor University of Farokh-shahr, Farokh-shahr, Chaharmahl va bakhtiari, Iran

Microarray Technology, Gene Expression Profile, Cancer Research, Diagnosis, Classification of Tumours.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 1 | Issue 3 | July-August 2015
Date of Publication : 2015-08-25
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 117-121
Manuscript Number : IJSRST151318
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Mahin Ghorbani, Hamed Karimi, " Role of Microarray Technology in Diagnosis and Classification of Malignant Tumours", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 1, Issue 3, pp.117-121, July-August-2015.
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