Cancer Diagnostics with DNA Microarrays

Authored by an international authority in the field,CancerDiagnostics with DNA Microarrays is a complete referencework on the rapidly growing use of DNA microarray data in thediagnosis of and treatment planning for a large number of humancancers. * Uniquely deals with direct clinical application of microarraydata to oncology diagnosis, leading to more effective diagnosis ofand clearer treatment regimens for a wide range ofhuman cancers * Offers clinicians summary presentation of state-of-the-artscience of DNA microarrays * Each chapter includes bibliographic and further readingsuggestions * Easily accessible, assuming no special training in statisticsor bioinformatics Replete with examples and mini-cases, Cancer Diagnosticswith DNA Microarrays offers cancer researchers in private,pharmacologic, and governmental institutions, biomedicalstatisticians, and practicing oncologists concise,thoughtfully authored guidance on the use of microarray data andanalysis as clinical tools. The text carefully addresses the needsof end users - researchers and physicians -using microarrays as a tool to be applied in commonclinical situations, and is of interest for students in medicineand biology and professionals in health care as well.