title: [Application of Mass Spectrometry to the Diagnosis of Cancer--Chairman's Introductory Remarks].
abstract: In this symposium, the latest application of mass spectrometry to laboratory medicine, i.e., to the early diagnosis of cancer, was introduced. Dr. Masaru YOSHIDA, who has been using metabolome analysis to discover biomarker candidates for gastroenterological diseases, presented an automated early diagnosis system for early stages of colon cancer based on metabolome analysis and using a minute amount of blood. On the other hand, Dr. Sen TAKEDA, who has developed a new approach by employing both mass spectrometry and machine-learning for cancer diagnosis, presented a device for the clinical diagnosis of cancer using probe electrospray ionization (PESI) and machine-learning called the dual penalized logistic regression machine (dPLRM).
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yatomi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic