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TY - JOUR
T1 - Raman spectroscopic analysis of breast cancer tissues
T2 - Identifying differences between normal, invasive ductal carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast tissue
AU - Rehman, S.
AU - Movasaghi, Z.
AU - Tucker, A.T.
AU - Joel, S.P.
AU - Darr, J.A.
AU - Ruban, A.V.
AU - Rehman, I.U.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A relatively non-destructive method employing Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of histopathological specimens is described. Raman spectroscopy has allowed qualitative analysis of the same specimen used for histopathological evaluation. Breast cancer tissues have been analysed to demonstrate the feasibility of the chemical changes taking place in the biological tissue, which can be identified precisely, and the results are reproducible. Raman analysis of tissue sections provides distinct spectra that can be used to distinguish between the nuclear grades of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) of the breast. Sixty cases of breast carcinoma including DCIS and IDC and seven cases of normal breast tissues were studied employing the Raman spectroscopic technique. This study reports for the first time spectral differences between DCIS grades. It is concluded that Raman spectroscopy can objectively distinguish between DCIS and IDC grades and is non-destructive and reproducible. It should become possible in future to use Raman spectroscopy as an informative and quantitative method suitable for classification of grades and diagnosis of breast carcinoma. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
AB - A relatively non-destructive method employing Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of histopathological specimens is described. Raman spectroscopy has allowed qualitative analysis of the same specimen used for histopathological evaluation. Breast cancer tissues have been analysed to demonstrate the feasibility of the chemical changes taking place in the biological tissue, which can be identified precisely, and the results are reproducible. Raman analysis of tissue sections provides distinct spectra that can be used to distinguish between the nuclear grades of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) of the breast. Sixty cases of breast carcinoma including DCIS and IDC and seven cases of normal breast tissues were studied employing the Raman spectroscopic technique. This study reports for the first time spectral differences between DCIS grades. It is concluded that Raman spectroscopy can objectively distinguish between DCIS and IDC grades and is non-destructive and reproducible. It should become possible in future to use Raman spectroscopy as an informative and quantitative method suitable for classification of grades and diagnosis of breast carcinoma. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
KW - Breast carcinoma
KW - Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast
KW - Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC)
KW - Raman spectroscopy
U2 - 10.1002/jrs.1774
DO - 10.1002/jrs.1774
M3 - Journal article
VL - 38
SP - 1345
EP - 1351
JO - Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
JF - Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
SN - 0377-0486
IS - 10
ER -