Human Breast Carcinomal Tissues Display Distinctive FTIR Spectra: Implication for the Histological Characterization of Carcinomas

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of human breast normal and carcinomal tissues has been carried out. Some distinctive spectral differences which are mainly due to nucleic acids and proteins are observed between normal and carcinomal tissues. This method of analysis results in nearly 10...

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Main Authors: Tiyu Gao, Jun Feng, Yunxiang Ci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1999-01-01
Series:Analytical Cellular Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/321357
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description Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of human breast normal and carcinomal tissues has been carried out. Some distinctive spectral differences which are mainly due to nucleic acids and proteins are observed between normal and carcinomal tissues. This method of analysis results in nearly 100% diagnostic accuracy of carcinomal tissues from normal tissues. The spectral patterns of well‐differentiated carcinomal tissues exhibit marked heterogeneity, however that of poorly differentiated carcinomas demonstrate significant similarity. Apocrine, tubular, intraductal and mucinous carcinomas and invasive infiltrating ductal carcinomal tissues can be discriminated based on their characteristic spectra. The spectral differences confirm the possibility of using FTIR as an accurate and rapid technique to distinguish between normal and malignant breast tissues and classify breast carcinomas in different subtypes.
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spelling doaj-art-fa14550a4cb442b1ac2def6abd9999b02025-02-03T01:29:06ZengWileyAnalytical Cellular Pathology0921-89121878-36511999-01-01182879310.1155/1999/321357Human Breast Carcinomal Tissues Display Distinctive FTIR Spectra: Implication for the Histological Characterization of CarcinomasTiyu Gao0Jun Feng1Yunxiang Ci2Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaDepartment of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaDepartment of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaFourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of human breast normal and carcinomal tissues has been carried out. Some distinctive spectral differences which are mainly due to nucleic acids and proteins are observed between normal and carcinomal tissues. This method of analysis results in nearly 100% diagnostic accuracy of carcinomal tissues from normal tissues. The spectral patterns of well‐differentiated carcinomal tissues exhibit marked heterogeneity, however that of poorly differentiated carcinomas demonstrate significant similarity. Apocrine, tubular, intraductal and mucinous carcinomas and invasive infiltrating ductal carcinomal tissues can be discriminated based on their characteristic spectra. The spectral differences confirm the possibility of using FTIR as an accurate and rapid technique to distinguish between normal and malignant breast tissues and classify breast carcinomas in different subtypes.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/321357
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title Human Breast Carcinomal Tissues Display Distinctive FTIR Spectra: Implication for the Histological Characterization of Carcinomas
title_full Human Breast Carcinomal Tissues Display Distinctive FTIR Spectra: Implication for the Histological Characterization of Carcinomas
title_fullStr Human Breast Carcinomal Tissues Display Distinctive FTIR Spectra: Implication for the Histological Characterization of Carcinomas
title_full_unstemmed Human Breast Carcinomal Tissues Display Distinctive FTIR Spectra: Implication for the Histological Characterization of Carcinomas
title_short Human Breast Carcinomal Tissues Display Distinctive FTIR Spectra: Implication for the Histological Characterization of Carcinomas
title_sort human breast carcinomal tissues display distinctive ftir spectra implication for the histological characterization of carcinomas
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