Klin Onkol 2006; 19(Suppl2): 331-332.
Summary
During recent few years, rapid progress in microarray technology has facilitated gene expression analyses of thousands of genes performed simultaneously in one experiment. It has revolutionized our understanding of the cellular processes complexity. Previously subtypes of tumors, new diagnostic and prognostic markers, or potential targets for therapy has been identified by microarray-based research of human transcriptom. In clinical oncology, high-throughput technologies implementation promises their routine application in tumor analyses and individualization of treatment. However, several issues relating to data analysis, reproducibility, cross-comparability, validation, and high purchase and operating costs need to be resolved before the technology can be adopted broadly in the clinical practices.
