Title |
Forecasting individual breast cancer risk using plasma metabolomics and biocontours
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Published in |
Metabolomics, March 2015
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DOI | 10.1007/s11306-015-0793-8 |
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Authors |
Rasmus Bro, Maja H. Kamstrup-Nielsen, Søren Balling Engelsen, Francesco Savorani, Morten A. Rasmussen, Louise Hansen, Anja Olsen, Anne Tjønneland, Lars Ove Dragsted |
Abstract |
Breast cancer is a major cause of death for women. To improve treatment, current oncology research focuses on discovering and validating new biomarkers for early detection of cancer; so far with limited success. Metabolic profiling of plasma samples and auxiliary lifestyle information was combined by chemometric data fusion. It was possible to create a biocontour, which we define as a complex pattern of relevant biological and phenotypic information. While single markers or known risk factors have close to no predictive value, the developed biocontour provides a forecast which, several years before diagnosis, is on par with how well most current biomarkers can diagnose current cancer. Hence, while e.g. mammography can diagnose current cancer with a sensitivity and specificity of around 75 %, the currently developed biocontour can predict that there is an increased risk that breast cancer will develop in a subject 2-5 years after the sample is taken with sensitivity and specificity well above 80 %. The model was built on data obtained in 1993-1996 and tested on persons sampled a year later in 1997. Metabolic forecasting of cancer by biocontours opens new possibilities for early prediction of individual cancer risk and thus for efficient screening. This may provide new avenues for research into disease mechanisms. |
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