WO2009154296A1 - 女性生殖器癌の評価方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for evaluating female genital cancer including at least one of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer using amino acid concentration in blood (plasma).
- the number of deaths due to cervical cancer was 2,494 in 2004, the number of deaths due to endometrial cancer was 1,436, and the number of deaths due to ovarian cancer was 4,420.
- the 5-year survival rate of early (stage I to II) cancers is 80% or more, but the advanced 5-year survival rate is extremely high, about 10% to 20%. To drop. Therefore, early detection is important for the cure of these cancers.
- Diagnosis of cervical cancer is performed by cytology, histology, colpodiagnosis, and HPV (human papillomavirus) examination. Cytodiagnosis and HPV examination are not definitive diagnoses, but are definitive diagnoses by performing histological examinations and colpo examinations. However, histological examination and colpo examination are highly invasive tests and are not practical for all patients suspected of having cervical cancer.
- Diagnosis of endometrial cancer is mainly performed by endometrial cytology.
- Endometrial cytology is not a definitive diagnosis, but a definitive diagnosis is made by performing curettage.
- curettage is a highly invasive test and is not practical for all patients suspected of having endometrial cancer.
- Ovarian cancer is diagnosed by ultrasonic tomography, tumor markers (mainly CA125), CT and MRI. These methods are not a definitive diagnosis, but a definitive diagnosis is made by performing a histopathological diagnosis of the ovaries removed by surgery.
- a definitive diagnosis is made by performing a histopathological diagnosis of the ovaries removed by surgery.
- van Nagel JR et al. See Non-Patent Document 1 that surgery to remove 11 benign tumors (false positives) was necessary for the discovery of one ovarian cancer (true positive).
- the positive predictive value of ovarian cancer was as low as 8.3%.
- Non-Patent Document 2 glutamine is mainly used as an oxidative energy source, arginine is used as a precursor of nitrogen oxides and polyamines, and methionine is activated by activating methionine uptake ability of cancer cells.
- methionine is activated by activating methionine uptake ability of cancer cells.
- consumption in cancer cells increases.
- Wissels et al. See Non-Patent Document 3
- Park see Non-Patent Document 4
- Proenza et al. See Non-Patent Document 5
- Caszino see Non-Patent Document 6
- Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 have been disclosed for the method of associating amino acid concentrations with biological states.
- Patent Document 3 is disclosed for a method for evaluating the state of lung cancer using amino acid concentration.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and accurately evaluates the state of female genital cancer using the concentration of amino acids related to the state of female genital cancer among the concentrations of amino acids in blood.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method for evaluating female genital cancer that can be performed.
- the present inventors have identified amino acids useful for discriminating between two groups of female genital cancer and non-female genital cancer, and include the concentration of the identified amino acid as a variable.
- the present inventors have found that multivariate discriminants (index formulas, correlation formulas) have a significant correlation with the state of female genital cancer, and have completed the present invention. Specifically, as a result of searching for a more specific index formula for female genital cancer, evaluation of the state of female genital cancer than the index formulas disclosed in Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2, Patent Document 3, and the like An index formula suitable for the above can be obtained, and the present invention has been completed.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method includes a measurement step of measuring amino acid concentration data relating to amino acid concentration values from blood collected from an evaluation target; Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measuring step , Lys, and Arg, based on the concentration value of at least one, a concentration value reference evaluation for evaluating the state of female genital cancer including at least one of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer for the evaluation object And a step.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the concentration value reference evaluation step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step. Based on the concentration value of at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg, Whether the evaluation subject is the female genital cancer or non-female genital cancer, whether the cervical cancer, the endometrial cancer, the ovarian cancer or the non-female genital cancer, the child Whether it is cervical cancer, any of the above uterine cancers, or non-cervical cancer, any of non-uterine cancers, in said cervical cancer or in said non-cervical cancer Whether it is the endometrial cancer or the non-uterine cancer, whether the ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a female genital
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the concentration value reference evaluation step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step.
- the concentration value of at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg, and the amino acid Based on a preset multivariate discriminant with the concentration of And a discriminant value criterion evaluation step for evaluating the state of the female genital cancer for the evaluation object, the multivariate
- the discriminant has at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg as the variable. It is characterized by including.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value reference evaluation step is based on the discriminant value calculated in the discriminant value calculating step.
- the subject of evaluation is whether the female genital cancer or non-female genital cancer, whether the cervical cancer, the uterine body cancer, the ovarian cancer or the non-female genital cancer, the cervical cancer Whether the cancer, any of the uterine cancers or non-cervical cancers, non-uterine cancers, whether the cervical cancers or the non-cervical cancers, the uterine cancers or the Whether it is non-uterine body cancer, whether it is the ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a female genital cancer risk group or a healthy group, or the cervical cancer, the endometrial cancer, Whether it is any of the above ovarian cancers
- the apparatus may further include a discriminant value criterion discriminating step of judging.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is one fractional expression or a sum of a plurality of fractional expressions, or a logistic regression equation.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step. Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg, said concentration value, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro , Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg based on the multivariate discriminant including at least one of the variables, and calculating the discriminant value
- the value criterion determination step is based on the determination value calculated in the determination value calculation step.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Gln, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA , His, Met as the variable, the fractional expression with Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, Trp as the variable, or the fractional expression with a-ABA, Cit, Met as the variable, Gly , Val, His, Arg as the variables, the linear discriminant with Gly, a-ABA, Met, His as the variables, Ala, Ile, His, Trp, Arg as the variables.
- the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Gln, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA , His, Met as the variable, the fractional expression with Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, Trp as the variable, or the fractional expression with a-ABA, Cit, Met as the variable, Gly , Val, His, Arg as the variables, the linear discriminant with Gly,
- the linear discriminant the linear discriminant having Gly, Cit, Met, Phe as the variable, or the His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr
- the linear discriminant as a number, the logistic regression equation with Val, Leu, His, Arg as the variables, the logistic regression equation with a-ABA, Met, Tyr, His as the variables, Val, Ile, His , Trp, Arg as the variables, the logistic regression equation with Cit, a-ABA, Met, Tyr as the variables, or the logistic regression equation with His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr as the variables. It is a logistic regression equation.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step.
- the discriminant value calculating step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step.
- Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg The concentration value of at least one of the above, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly , Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg based on the multivariate discriminant including at least one of the variables, and calculating the discriminant value
- the value criterion determination step is based on the determination value calculated in the determination value calculation step.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Lys, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA , His, Met as the variable or the fractional expression as Ile, His, Cit, Arg as the variable, Gly, Val, His, Arg as linear variables, Gly, Phe, The linear discriminant using His, Arg as the variable, the linear discriminant using Cit, Ile, His, Arg as the variable, or the linear discriminant using His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr as the variable.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step. At least one of the concentration values of Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg, and Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg.
- the discriminant value is calculated based on the multivariate discriminant including at least one as the variable, and the discriminant value criterion determining step is based on the discriminant value calculated in the discriminant value calculating step.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method according to the present invention is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as the variables, a The fractional expression with ABA, Met, Val as the variables or the fractional expression with Met, His, Cit, Arg as the variables, the linear discriminant with Gly, Val, His, Arg as the variables, Gly, The linear discriminant with Val, Met, Lys as the variable, the linear discriminant with Cit, Met, His, Arg as the variable, or the linear with His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys as the variables.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as the variables, a The fractional expression with ABA, Met, Val as the variables or the fractional expression with Met, His, Cit, Arg as the variables, the linear discriminant with Gly, Val, His, Arg as the variables, Gly, The linear discriminant with Val, Met, Lys
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Lys, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA , His, Met as the variable, or the fractional expression as Ile, His, Asn, Cit as the variable, Gln, His, Lys, Arg as the linear discriminant, Gly, Met, The linear discriminant using Phe and His as the variables, the linear discriminant using Cit, Ile, His and Arg as the variables, or the linear discriminant using His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit and Ile as the variables.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step.
- the discriminant value calculating step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step.
- Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg said concentration value
- Ser, Asn, Gln , Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg based on the multivariate discriminant including at least one as the variable
- the discriminant value criterion discrimination step is based on the discriminant value calculated in the discriminant value calculation step.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method according to the present invention is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression, Gln, Cit with Orn, Cit, Met as the variables.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step. Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg, said concentration value, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro , Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg based on the multivariate discriminant including at least one of the variables, and calculating the discriminant value
- the value criterion determination step is based on the determination value calculated in the determination value calculation step. For, characterized in that to determine whether the a female genital cancer morbidity risk group or the normal group.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method according to the present invention is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant includes Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as the variables. It is a linear discriminant or the logistic regression equation using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as the variables.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step is included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object measured in the measurement step. At least one of the concentration values of Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg, And at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg.
- the discriminant value is calculated based on the multivariate discriminant included as The step determines whether the evaluation target is any of the cervical cancer, the uterine body cancer, and the ovarian cancer based on the determination value calculated in the determination value calculation step.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method according to the present invention is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, a-ABA. Or an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method using His, Leu, Ser, Thr, Glu, Gln, Ala, Lys as the variable. And
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus comprises a control means and a storage means, and evaluates the state of female genital cancer including at least one of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer for an evaluation object.
- the apparatus for evaluating female genital cancer wherein the control means includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation target acquired in advance concerning the amino acid concentration value.
- a discriminant value criterion evaluating means for evaluating the state of the female genital cancer for the evaluation object, wherein the multivariate discriminant is Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, It includes at least one of Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as the variable.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the discriminant value criterion-evaluating means is based on the discriminant value calculated by the discriminant value calculating means.
- the discriminant value criterion-evaluating means is based on the discriminant value calculated by the discriminant value calculating means.
- the cervical cancer Whether it is any of the uterine cancer, non-cervical cancer, non-uterine cancer, whether the cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer, the uterine cancer or non-uterus Whether it is a body cancer, whether it is the ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a female genital cancer risk group or a healthy group, or the cervical cancer, the endometrial cancer, the ovary Determine if it is any of cancer And further comprising a separate value criterion-discriminating means.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is one fractional expression or a sum of a plurality of the fractional expressions, or a logistic regression equation, linear Discriminant, multiple regression, formula created by support vector machine, formula created by Mahalanobis distance method, formula created by canonical discriminant analysis, formula created by decision tree It is characterized by.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating means includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the concentration value of at least one of Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile , Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg based on the multivariate discriminant including at least one of the variables, and the discriminant value criterion discriminating means Based on the discriminant value calculated by the value calculating means, the cervical cancer, the uterine body cancer, the egg for the evaluation object Wherein the discrimination between any or the non-gynecological cancers of cancer.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Gln, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA, His. , Met as the variable, the fractional expression with Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, Trp as the variable, or the fractional expression with a-ABA, Cit, Met as the variable, Gly, Val , His, Arg as the variables, the linear discriminant using Gly, a-ABA, Met, His as the variables, and the linear discriminants using Ala, Ile, His, Trp, Arg as the variables.
- the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Gln, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA, His. , Met as the variable, the fractional expression with Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, Trp as the variable, or the fractional expression with a-ABA, Cit, Met as the variable, Gly, Val , His, Arg as the variables, the
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating means includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Lys, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA, His.
- the logistic regression equation, the logistic regression equation with Cit, Ile, His, and Arg as the variables, or the logistic regression equation with His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, and Tyr as the variables. .
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating means includes Asn, Val, Met, Leu, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated. Including at least one of the concentration values of Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg and at least one of Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as the variables Based on the multivariate discriminant, the discriminant value is calculated, and the discriminant value criterion discriminating unit is configured to determine whether the cervical cancer or the It is characterized by determining whether it is non-cervical cancer.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as the variables, a-ABA , Met, Val as the variable or the fractional expression as Met, His, Cit, Arg as the variable, Gly, Val, His, Arg as linear variables, Gly, Val, The linear discriminant using Met, Lys as the variable, the linear discriminant using Cit, Met, His, Arg as the variable, or the linear discriminant using His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys as the variables. Or the logistic regression equation with Val, Leu, His, and Arg as the variables, and Met, His, Orn, and Arg as the variables. The logistic regression equation, the logistic regression equation with Val, Tyr, His, Arg as the variables, or the logistic regression equation with His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys as the variables. .
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating means includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Lys, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA, His.
- the logistic regression equation is Gln, Ile, His, the logistic regression equation or His and said Arg variables, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, wherein a logistic regression equation and said Ile variable.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating means includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression, Gln, Cit, Tyr with Orn, Cit, Met as the variables. Or the linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Orn, Trp as the variable, Ser, Cit, Ile, Orn with the fractional expression with Orn, His, Phe, Trp as the variable.
- the linear discriminant using the variable the linear discriminant using Phe, Trp, Orn, Lys as the variable, or the linear discriminant using His, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile, Orn as the variable, or Ser
- the logistic regression equation with Cit, Trp, Orn as the variables, before Gln, Cit, Ile, Tyr as the variables Logistic regression equation to Asn, Phe, His, the logistic regression equation or His and Trp, and the variables, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile, characterized in that the said logistic regression equation and the variables Orn.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating means includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the linear discrimination using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as the variables. It is the above-mentioned logistic regression equation using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as the variables.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating means includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the discriminant value calculating means includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the discriminant value is calculated based on the discriminant value, and the discriminant value reference discriminating unit is calculated by the discriminant value calculating unit. And, based on the discriminant value, per the evaluation, the cervical cancer, the uterine body cancer, characterized in that to determine whether either of the ovarian cancer.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus according to the present invention is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant includes Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, and a-ABA.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus described above, wherein the control means is a female genital cancer state index relating to the amino acid concentration data and an index representing the state of the female genital cancer.
- Multivariate discriminant creation means for creating the multivariate discriminant stored in the storage means based on the female genital cancer state information stored in the storage means including data, and the multivariate discriminant creation means
- a candidate multivariate discriminant creating means for creating a candidate multivariate discriminant that is a candidate for the multivariate discriminant based on a predetermined formula creation method from the female genital cancer state information
- candidate multivariate discriminant Candidate multivariate discriminant verification means for verifying the candidate multivariate discriminant created by the creation means based on a predetermined verification method, and verification by the candidate multivariate discriminant verification means By selecting a variable of the candidate multivariate discriminant based on a predetermined variable selection method from the result, the amino acid concentration data included in the female genital
- the female genital cancer evaluation method includes at least one of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer per evaluation object that is executed by an information processing apparatus including a control unit and a storage unit.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value reference evaluation step is based on the discriminant value calculated in the discriminant value calculation step.
- the discriminant value reference evaluation step is based on the discriminant value calculated in the discriminant value calculation step.
- the cervical cancer Whether it is any of the uterine cancer, non-cervical cancer, non-uterine cancer, whether the cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer, the uterine cancer or non-uterus Whether it is a body cancer, whether it is the ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a female genital cancer risk group or a healthy group, or the cervical cancer, the endometrial cancer, the ovary Whether it ’s cancer or not. And further comprising another discriminating value criterion discriminating step.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is one fractional expression or a sum of a plurality of fractional expressions, or a logistic regression equation, linear Discriminant, multiple regression, formula created by support vector machine, formula created by Mahalanobis distance method, formula created by canonical discriminant analysis, formula created by decision tree It is characterized by.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the discriminant value criterion discriminating step comprises calculating the discriminant value Based on the discriminant value calculated in the value calculating step, the cervical cancer, the uterus for the evaluation object Cancer, and discriminates whether either or the a non-female genital cancer of the ovarian cancer.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Gln, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA, His. , Met as the variable, the fractional expression with Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, Trp as the variable, or the fractional expression with a-ABA, Cit, Met as the variable, Gly, Val , His, Arg as the variables, the linear discriminant using Gly, a-ABA, Met, His as the variables, and the linear discrimination using Ala, Ile, His, Trp, Arg as the variables.
- the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Gln, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA, His. , Met as the variable, the fractional expression with Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, Trp as the variable, or the fractional expression with a-ABA, Cit, Met as the variable, Gly, Val , His, Arg as the variables, the
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the discriminant value criterion discriminating step comprises calculating the discriminant value Based on the discriminant value calculated in the value calculating step, the cervical cancer, the uterus for the evaluation object Wherein the determining either or the non-cervical cancer, whether the is either non-endometrial cancer.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Lys, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA, His.
- the linear discriminant using Arg as the variable, the linear discriminant using Cit, Ile, His, Arg as the variable, or the linear discriminant using His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr as the variable, or Logistic regression equation with Val, His, Lys, Arg as the variables, Thr, a-ABA, Met, His are the variables.
- the logistic regression equation, the logistic regression equation with Cit, Ile, His, and Arg as the variables, or the logistic regression equation with His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, and Tyr as the variables. .
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step includes Asn, Val, Met, Leu, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation target. Including at least one of the concentration values of Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg and at least one of Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as the variables Based on the multivariate discriminant, the discriminant value is calculated, and the discriminant value criterion discriminating step is based on the discriminant value calculated in the discriminant value calculating step. It is characterized by determining whether it is non-cervical cancer.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as the variables, a-ABA , Met, Val as the variable or the fractional expression as Met, His, Cit, Arg as the variable, Gly, Val, His, Arg as linear variables, Gly, Val, The linear discriminant using Met, Lys as the variable, the linear discriminant using Cit, Met, His, Arg as the variable, or the linear discriminant using His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys as the variables. Or the logistic regression equation with Val, Leu, His, and Arg as the variables, and Met, His, Orn, and Arg as the variables. The logistic regression equation, the logistic regression equation with Val, Tyr, His, Arg as the variables, or the logistic regression equation with His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys as the variables. .
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression with Lys, His, Arg as the variables, a-ABA, His. , Met as the variable, or Ile, His, Asn, Cit as the variable, the linear discriminant as Gln, His, Lys, Arg as the variable, Gly, Met, Phe, The linear discriminant with His as the variable, the linear discriminant with Cit, Ile, His, Arg as the variable or the linear discriminant with His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, Ile as the variable, or The logistic regression equation with Gln, Gly, His, and Arg as the variables, and Gln, Phe, His, and Arg as the variables.
- the logistic regression equation is Gln, Ile, His, the logistic regression equation or His and said Arg variables, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, wherein a logistic regression equation and said Ile variable.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method according to the present invention is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the fractional expression, Gln, Cit, Tyr with Orn, Cit, Met as the variables. Or the linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Orn, Trp as the variable, Ser, Cit, Ile, Orn with the fractional expression with Orn, His, Phe, Trp as the variable.
- the linear discriminant using the variable the linear discriminant using Phe, Trp, Orn, Lys as the variable, or the linear discriminant using His, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile, Orn as the variable, or Ser
- the logistic regression equation with Cit, Trp, Orn as the variables, before Gln, Cit, Ile, Tyr as the variables Logistic regression equation to Asn, Phe, His, the logistic regression equation or His and Trp, and the variables, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile, characterized in that the said logistic regression equation and the variables Orn.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the discriminant value criterion discriminating step comprises calculating the discriminant value Based on the discriminant value calculated in the value calculating step, for the evaluation object, the female genital cancer affected risk Wherein the discrimination between click group or the normal group.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method according to the present invention is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is the linear discrimination using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as the variables. It is the above-mentioned logistic regression equation using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as the variables.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the discriminant value calculating step includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated.
- the discriminant value is calculated based on the discriminant value reference discriminating step. Tsu, based on the discriminant value calculated in flop, per the evaluation, the cervical cancer, the uterine body cancer, characterized in that to determine whether either of the ovarian cancer.
- the female genital cancer evaluation method according to the present invention is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the multivariate discriminant is Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, a-ABA. It is an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method using the Mahalanobis distance method as variables, or an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method using His, Leu, Ser, Thr, Glu, Gln, Ala, Lys as the variables. .
- the female genital cancer evaluation method is the female genital cancer evaluation method described above, wherein the control means is the female genital cancer state index relating to the amino acid concentration data and the index representing the state of the female genital cancer.
- a multivariate discriminant creating step for creating the multivariate discriminant stored in the storage unit based on the female genital cancer state information stored in the storage unit including data, and creating the multivariate discriminant
- a candidate multivariate discriminant creating step for creating a candidate multivariate discriminant that is a candidate for the multivariate discriminant based on a predetermined formula creating method from the female genital cancer state information; and the candidate multivariate discriminant step
- a candidate multivariate discriminant verification step for verifying the candidate multivariate discriminant created in the formula creation step based on a predetermined verification method; and the candidate multivariate
- the female genital cancer evaluation system comprises a control means and a storage means, and evaluates the state of female genital cancer including at least one of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer for an evaluation object.
- a female genital cancer evaluation system configured to connect a female genital cancer evaluation device and an information communication terminal device that provides the amino acid concentration data of the evaluation target regarding amino acid concentration values through a network.
- the information communication terminal device transmits the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated to the female genital cancer evaluation device, and the state of the female genital cancer transmitted from the female genital cancer evaluation device.
- An evaluation result receiving means for receiving the evaluation result of the evaluation object related to, the control means of the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus, Amino acid concentration data receiving means for receiving the evaluation target amino acid concentration data transmitted from the information communication terminal device, and Thr, Ser included in the evaluation target amino acid concentration data received by the amino acid concentration data receiving means , Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg Based on the multivariate discriminant stored in the storage unit, a discriminant value calculating unit that calculates a discriminant value that is a value of the multivariate discriminant, and based on the discriminant value calculated by the discriminant value calculating unit A discriminant value criterion-evaluating means for evaluating the state of the female genital cancer for the evaluation object; Evaluation result transmitting means for transmitting the evaluation result of the evaluation target to the information communication terminal device, wherein the multivariate discriminant is Thr, Ser, Asn, Gl
- the female genital cancer evaluation program includes at least one of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer for each evaluation target to be executed by an information processing apparatus including a control unit and a storage unit.
- a discriminant value calculating step of calculating a discriminant value which is a value of the multivariate discriminant based on the multivariate discriminant Based on the discriminant value calculated in the discriminant value calculating step, a discriminant value criterion evaluation step for evaluating the state of the female genital cancer is performed for the evaluation object, and the multivariate discriminant is represented by Thr, Ser, It includes at least one of Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as the variable.
- a recording medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium, and is characterized by recording the female genital cancer evaluation program described above.
- amino acid concentration data relating to amino acid concentration values is measured from blood collected from an evaluation object, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, included in the measured amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object Based on the concentration value of at least one of Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer Since the status of female genital cancer including at least one is evaluated, the amino acid concentration in the blood that is related to the status of female genital cancer is used to accurately evaluate the status of female genital cancer. There is an effect that can be.
- subjects who are likely to have female genital cancer can be narrowed down to a single sample in a short time, resulting in less time, physical and financial burden on the subjects There is an effect that can be done.
- Orn, Lys, Arg based on the concentration value of at least one of female genital cancer, non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer or non- Whether it is female genital cancer, whether it is cervical cancer, endometrial cancer or non-cervical cancer, non-uterine cancer, whether it is cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer Whether it is endometrial cancer or non-uterine cancer, whether it is ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a risk group or a healthy group of female genital cancer, or cervical cancer, uterus Body cancer, ovarian cancer Since it is discriminated whether it is either of the two groups of blood amino acid concentrations, female genital cancer and non-female genital cancer
- Orn, Lys, Arg at least one concentration value, and a preset multivariate discriminant having the amino acid concentration as a variable, Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val,
- a discriminant value which is the value of the multivariate discriminant, is calculated based on a variable including at least one of Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg.
- the evaluation subject is whether it is female genital cancer or non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer or non-female. Whether it is genital cancer, whether it is cervical cancer, endometrial cancer or non-cervical cancer, non-uterine cancer, whether it is cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer , Whether it is endometrial cancer or non-uterine body cancer, whether it is ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a female genital cancer risk group or a healthy group, or cervical cancer, uterine body Since it is discriminated whether it is cancer or ovarian cancer, two-group discrimination between female genital cancer and non-female genital cancer and cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer and non-female genital cancer Judgment of discrimination between cervical cancer and endometrial cancer and non-cervical cancer and non-uterine body cancer
- the multivariate discriminant can be one fractional expression or a sum of a plurality of fractional expressions, or a logistic regression formula, a linear discriminant formula, a multiple regression formula, a formula created with a support vector machine, a Mahalanobis distance Since it is one of the formula created by the law, the formula created by the canonical discriminant analysis, or the formula created by the decision tree, two-group discrimination between female genital cancer and non-female genital cancer and cervical cancer Distinguishing between uterine body cancer and ovarian cancer and non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, distinguishing between uterine body cancer and non-cervical cancer, non-uterine cancer, cervical cancer and non-cervical cancer 2-group discrimination between cancer, 2-group discrimination between endometrial cancer and non-uterine body cancer, 2-group discrimination between ovarian cancer and non-ovarian cancer, 2-group discrimination between female genital cancer risk group and healthy group, cervix Discriminant
- Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg included in the measured amino acid concentration data to be evaluated At least one concentration value of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg
- the discriminant value is calculated. Based on the calculated discriminant value, whether the subject is cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer or non-female genital cancer is determined.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Gln, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, A fractional expression with Trp as a variable or a fractional expression with a-ABA, Cit, and Met as variables, a linear discriminant with Gly, Val, His, and Arg as variables, and Gly, a-ABA, Met, and His as variables.
- Linear discriminant, linear discriminant using Ala, Ile, His, Trp, and Arg as variables linear discriminant using Gly, Cit, Met, Phe as variables, or His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr as variables
- Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg included in the measured amino acid concentration data to be evaluated And at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as variables.
- the discriminant value is calculated, and based on the calculated discriminant value, the evaluation target is either cervical cancer or uterine body cancer or non-cervical cancer or non-uterine body cancer
- the evaluation target is either cervical cancer or uterine body cancer or non-cervical cancer or non-uterine body cancer
- a discriminant value that is, an effect that the discrimination can be performed with a higher precision.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or Ile, His, Cit, and Arg as variables.
- a multivariate discriminant including at least one as a variable
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, Met, Val as variables, or Met, His, Cit, Arg.
- a linear discriminant using His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, and Lys as variables, or a logistic regression equation using Val, Leu, His, and Arg as variables, and a logistic regression equation using Met, His, Orn, and Arg as variables.
- Discrimination based on one concentration value and a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Arg as a variable The value is calculated, and based on the calculated discriminant value, it is determined whether the cancer is endometrial cancer or non-uterine body cancer for the evaluation target.
- the multivariate discriminant includes a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or Ile, His, Asn, and Cit as variables.
- a linear discriminant with Gln, His, Lys, Arg as variables a linear discriminant with Gly, Met, Phe, His as variables, a linear discriminant with Cit, Ile, His, Arg as variables, or His , Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, Ile as variables, linear discriminant with Gln, Gly, His, Arg as variables, Logistic regression with Gln, Phe, His, Arg as variables, Logistic regression equation with Gln, Gln , Ile, His, Arg as logistic regression equations or His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, I Since it is a logistic regression equation with e as a variable, the discrimination value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the 2-group discrimination between endometrial cancer and non-uterine body cancer is used, and the 2-group discrimination is further accurate. There is an effect that it can be performed well.
- the discriminant value is calculated, and based on the calculated discriminant value, it is determined whether the subject is ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, so ovarian cancer and non-ovarian cancer Using the discriminant value obtained with the multivariate discriminant that is particularly useful for the 2-group discrimination from cancer, the 2-group discrimination can be performed more accurately.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Orn, Cit, and Met as variables, a fractional expression with Gln, Cit, and Tyr as variables, or a fraction with Orn, His, Phe, and Trp as variables.
- linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Orn, Trp as variables, linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, linear discriminant with variables as Phe, Trp, Orn, Lys, or His, Trp , Glu, Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Trp, Orn as variables, Logistic regression with Gln, Cit, Ile, Tyr as variables, Asn, Phe , His, Trp as logistic regression equations or His, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile, Orn Since it is a logistic regression equation as a variable, it is possible to perform the two-group discrimination more accurately by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between ovarian cancer and non-ovarian cancer. There is an effect that can be done.
- Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg included in the measured amino acid concentration data to be evaluated And at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg as a variable
- the discriminant value is calculated, and based on the calculated discriminant value, it is discriminated whether the evaluation target is a female genital cancer afflicted risk group or a healthy group.
- the two-group discrimination is performed with higher accuracy. There is an effect that it is possible.
- the multivariate discriminant is a linear discriminant having Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables, or a logistic having Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables. Since it is a regression equation, the two-group discrimination can be performed more accurately by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between the female genital cancer risk group and the healthy group. There is an effect.
- the multivariate discriminant is an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method using Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, and a-ABA as variables, or His, Leu, Ser. , Thr, Glu, Gln, Ala, Lys is a formula created by the Mahalanobis distance method, and can be obtained with a multivariate discriminant that is particularly useful for discriminating between cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer There is an effect that the discrimination can be performed more accurately by using the discrimination value.
- the storage means including the amino acid concentration data and the female genital cancer state index data relating to the index representing the state of female genital cancer
- multiple data stored in the storage means are stored. Create a variable discriminant. Specifically, (1) A candidate multivariate discriminant is created from female genital cancer state information based on a predetermined formula creation method, and (2) the created candidate multivariate discriminant is verified based on a predetermined verification method.
- the computer since the female genital cancer evaluation program recorded in the recording medium is read and executed by the computer, the computer executes the female genital cancer evaluation program. The effect that can be obtained is obtained.
- the present invention when evaluating the state of female genital cancer, in addition to the amino acid concentration, other metabolite concentrations, gene expression levels, protein expression levels, subject age / sex, smoking presence, electrocardiogram It is also possible to use a numerical version of the above waveform. In addition, when assessing the state of female genital cancer, the present invention uses other metabolite concentrations, gene expression levels, protein expression levels, subject age as variables in the multivariate discriminant. ⁇ You may also use gender, smoking status, or a numerical ECG waveform.
- FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram showing the basic principle of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the female genital cancer evaluation method according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a principle configuration diagram showing the basic principle of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of the present system.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of the overall configuration of the present system.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 of this system.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the user information file 106a.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the amino acid concentration data file 106b.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the female genital cancer state information file 106c.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the designated female genital cancer state information file 106d.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the candidate multivariate discriminant file 106e1.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the verification result file 106e2.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the selected female genital cancer state information file 106e3.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the multivariate discriminant file 106e4.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the discrimination value file 106f.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the evaluation result file 106g.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the discriminant value criterion-evaluating unit 102j.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the client apparatus 200 of the present system.
- FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the database apparatus 400 of this system.
- FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an example of female genital cancer evaluation service processing performed by the present system.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing an example of multivariate discriminant creation processing performed by the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 of the present system.
- FIG. 23 is a box-and-whisker diagram regarding the distribution of amino acid variables in a cancer patient group, a benign disease group, and a healthy group.
- FIG. 24 is a box-and-whisker diagram regarding the distribution of amino acid variables in the cervical cancer group, endometrial cancer group, ovarian cancer group, benign disease group, and healthy group.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing the area under the ROC curve of each amino acid variable in the two-group discrimination between each group.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram showing the index formulas 1 to 12 and the area under the ROC curve, the cutoff value, the sensitivity, the specificity, the positive predictive value, the negative predictive value, and the correct answer rate for each index formula.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 1.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 2.
- FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 3.
- FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 3.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 4.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 5.
- FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 6.
- FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 6.
- FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 7.
- FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 8.
- FIG. 37 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 9.
- FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 9.
- FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 10.
- FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 11.
- FIG. 41 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 12.
- FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 12.
- FIG. 43 is a diagram showing index formulas 13 to 21 and the area under the ROC curve, the cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate for each index formula.
- FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 11.
- FIG. 41 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 12.
- FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas
- FIG. 44 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 13.
- FIG. 45 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 14.
- FIG. 46 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 15.
- FIG. 47 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 15.
- FIG. 48 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 16.
- FIG. 49 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 17.
- FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 18.
- FIG. 51 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 18;
- FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 19.
- FIG. 53 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 20.
- FIG. 54 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 21.
- FIG. 55 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 21.
- FIG. 56 is a diagram showing the index formulas 22 to 30, and the area under the ROC curve, the cutoff value, the sensitivity, the specificity, the positive predictive value, the negative predictive value, and the correct answer rate for each index formula.
- FIG. 57 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 22.
- FIG. 58 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 23.
- FIG. 59 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 24.
- FIG. 60 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 24.
- FIG. 61 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 25.
- FIG. 62 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 26.
- FIG. 63 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 27.
- FIG. 64 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 27.
- FIG. 65 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 28.
- FIG. 66 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 29.
- FIG. 67 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 30.
- FIG. 68 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 30.
- FIG. FIG. 69 is a diagram showing index formulas 31 to 39 and the area under the ROC curve, the cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate for each index formula.
- FIG. 70 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 31.
- 71 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 32.
- FIG. 72 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 33.
- FIG. FIG. 73 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 33.
- FIG. 74 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 34.
- FIG. 75 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 35.
- FIG. 76 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 36.
- FIG. 77 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 36.
- FIG. 78 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 37.
- FIG. 79 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 38.
- FIG. 80 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 39.
- FIG. 81 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 39.
- FIG. 82 is a diagram showing the index formulas 40 to 48 and the area under the ROC curve, the cutoff value, the sensitivity, the specificity, the positive predictive value, the negative predictive value, and the correct answer rate for each index formula.
- FIG. 82 is a diagram showing the index formulas 40 to 48 and the area under the ROC curve, the cutoff value, the sensitivity, the specificity, the positive predictive value, the negative predictive value, and the correct answer rate for each index formula.
- FIG. 83 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 40.
- FIG. 84 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 41.
- FIG. 85 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 42.
- FIG. 86 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 42.
- 87 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 43.
- FIG. FIG. 88 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 44.
- FIG. 89 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 45.
- FIG. 90 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 45.
- FIG. 91 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 46.
- FIG. 92 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 47.
- FIG. 93 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 48.
- FIG. 94 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 48.
- FIG. 95 is a diagram showing index formulas 49 and 50 and the Spearman correlation coefficient and the area under the ROC curve for each index formula.
- FIG. 96 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 49.
- FIG. 97 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 49.
- FIG. 98 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 50.
- FIG. FIG. 99 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 50.
- FIG. FIG. 100 is a diagram showing the correct answer rate of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer.
- FIG. 101 is a diagram showing a list of combinations of amino acid variable groups that have the same discrimination performance as variable group 1.
- FIG. 102 is a diagram showing a list of combinations of amino acid variable groups that have the same discrimination performance as variable group 1.
- FIG. 103 is a diagram showing a list of combinations of amino acid variable groups that have the same discrimination performance as variable group 1.
- FIG. 104 is a diagram showing a discriminant group consisting of amino acid variables Asn, Pro, Cit, ABA, Val, Ile, Tyr, Phe, Trp, Orn, Lys and a constant term as index formula group 1.
- FIG. 105 is a diagram showing the correct answer rates for cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer.
- FIG. 105 is a diagram showing the correct answer rates for cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer.
- FIG. 106 is a diagram showing a list of combinations of amino acid variable groups that have the same discrimination performance as that of index formula group 1.
- FIG. 107 is a diagram showing a list of combinations of amino acid variable groups that have the same discrimination performance as that of the index formula group 1.
- FIG. 108 is a diagram showing the area under the ROC curve in each two-group discrimination for each index formula.
- FIG. 109 is a box plot relating to the distribution of amino acid variables in the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group.
- FIG. 110 is a box-and-whisker diagram regarding the distribution of amino acid variables in the uterine cancer patient group and the non-uterine cancer group.
- FIG. 111 is a box-and-whisker diagram regarding the distribution of amino acid variables in the endometrial cancer patient group and the non-uterine body cancer group.
- FIG. 112 is a boxplot of the distribution of amino acid variables in the cervical cancer patient group and the non-cervical cancer group.
- FIG. 113 is a boxplot of the distribution of amino acid variables in the ovarian cancer patient group and the non-ovarian cancer group.
- FIG. 114 is a box-and-whisker diagram regarding the distribution of amino acid variables in the female genital cancer risk group and the healthy group.
- FIG. 115 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 51.
- FIG. 116 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 51.
- FIG. 117 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 51.
- FIG. 118 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 51.
- FIG. 119 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 51.
- 120 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 52.
- FIG. FIG. 121 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 52.
- FIG. 122 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 52.
- FIG. FIG. 123 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 52.
- FIG. 124 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 52.
- FIG. 125 is a diagram showing a list of appearance frequencies of amino acids.
- 126 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 53.
- FIG. 127 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 53.
- FIG. 128 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 53.
- FIG. FIG. FIG. 123 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 52.
- FIG. 124 is a diagram showing a list of index formula
- FIG. 129 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 53.
- FIG. 130 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 53.
- FIG. 131 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 54.
- FIG. 132 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 54.
- FIG. 133 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 54.
- FIG. 134 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 54.
- FIG. 135 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to the index formula 54.
- FIG. 136 is a diagram showing a list of appearance frequencies of amino acids.
- FIG. 137 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 55.
- FIG. 138 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 55.
- FIG. 139 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 55.
- FIG. 140 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 55.
- FIG. FIG. 141 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 55.
- FIG. 142 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 56.
- FIG. FIG. 143 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 56.
- FIG. 144 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 56.
- FIG. 145 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 56.
- FIG. 146 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 56.
- FIG. 147 is a diagram showing a list of appearance frequencies of amino acids.
- FIG. 148 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 57.
- FIG. 149 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 57.
- FIG. 150 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 57.
- FIG. 151 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 57.
- FIG. 152 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 57.
- FIG. 153 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 58.
- FIG. 154 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 58.
- FIG. 155 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 58.
- FIG. 156 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 58.
- FIG. 157 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 58.
- FIG. 158 is a diagram showing a list of appearance frequencies of amino acids.
- FIG. 159 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 59.
- FIG. 160 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 59.
- FIG. 161 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 59.
- FIG. FIG. 162 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 59.
- FIG. FIG. 163 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 59.
- FIG. 164 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 60.
- FIG. FIG. 165 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 60.
- FIG. 166 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 60.
- FIG. 167 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 60.
- FIG. 168 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 60.
- FIG. 169 is a diagram showing a list of appearance frequencies of amino acids.
- FIG. 170 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 61.
- FIG. 171 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 61.
- FIG. 172 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 61.
- FIG. 173 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 61.
- FIG. 174 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 61.
- FIG. 175 is a diagram showing an ROC curve related to the index formula 62.
- FIG. 176 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 62.
- FIG. 177 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 62.
- FIG. 178 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 62.
- FIG. 179 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 62.
- FIG. 180 is a diagram showing a list of appearance frequencies of amino acids.
- FIG. 181 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 63.
- FIG. 182 is a diagram showing a list of index formulas having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 63.
- FIG. 183 is a diagram showing combinations of amino acid variable groups having discrimination performance equivalent to that of variable group 1.
- FIG. 184 is a diagram showing combinations of amino acid variable groups having discrimination performance equivalent to that of variable group 1.
- FIG. 185 is a diagram showing combinations of amino acid variable groups constituting a linear discriminant group having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the linear discriminant group 1.
- FIG. 186 is a diagram showing combinations of amino acid variable groups that constitute a linear discriminant group having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the linear discriminant group 1.
- Embodiments of female genital cancer evaluation method according to the present invention (first embodiment) and female genital cancer evaluation device, female genital cancer evaluation method, female genital cancer evaluation system, female genital cancer evaluation
- An embodiment (second embodiment) of a program and a recording medium will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
- this invention is not limited by this Embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram showing the basic principle of the present invention.
- amino acid concentration data relating to amino acid concentration values is measured from blood collected from an evaluation target (eg, an individual such as an animal or a human) (step S-11).
- the blood amino acid concentration was analyzed as follows. The collected blood sample was collected in a heparinized tube, and the collected blood sample was centrifuged to separate plasma from the blood. All plasma samples were stored frozen at -70 ° C. until measurement of amino acid concentration.
- sulfosalicylic acid was added and protein removal treatment was performed by adjusting the concentration to 3%, and an amino acid analyzer based on the principle of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a ninhydrin reaction in a post column was used for the measurement.
- the unit of amino acid concentration may be obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing an arbitrary constant to / from these concentrations, for example, molar concentration or weight concentration.
- the state of female genital cancer including at least one of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer is evaluated for each subject to be evaluated (Step S-12).
- amino acid concentration data relating to amino acid concentration values is measured from blood collected from an evaluation object, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Based on the concentration value of at least one of Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg, the state of female genital cancer is evaluated for each evaluation object. This makes it possible to accurately evaluate the state of female genital cancer using the concentration of amino acids related to the state of female genital cancer among the concentrations of amino acids in blood.
- subjects who are likely to have female genital cancer can be narrowed down to a single sample in a short time, resulting in less time, physical and financial burden on the subjects can do.
- step S-12 data such as missing values and outliers may be removed from the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11. Thereby, the state of female genital cancer can be more accurately evaluated.
- step S-12 Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11.
- step S-12 Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, and the like included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11.
- It is a preset multivariate discriminant having at least one concentration value of Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg and the concentration of amino acid as a variable, Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala , Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable, the discriminant value that is the value of the multivariate discriminant is determined.
- the status of female genital cancer may be evaluated for each evaluation object based on the calculated discriminant value.
- This makes it possible to accurately evaluate the state of female genital cancer using the discriminant value obtained with a multivariate discriminant that has a significant correlation with the state of female genital cancer. Specifically, subjects who are likely to have female genital cancer can be narrowed down to a single sample in a short time, resulting in less time, physical and financial burden on the subjects can do.
- a discriminant having a concentration of a plurality of amino acids or a concentration of the amino acid as a variable, it is possible to accurately evaluate whether or not a certain specimen develops female genital cancer. Inspection efficiency and accuracy can be improved.
- step S-12 based on the calculated discriminant value, whether or not the subject is female genital cancer or non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer or non-female Whether it is genital cancer, whether it is cervical cancer, endometrial cancer or non-cervical cancer, non-uterine cancer, whether it is cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer , Whether it is endometrial cancer or non-uterine body cancer, whether it is ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a risk group or a healthy group of female genital cancer, or cervical cancer, uterine body Whether the cancer is ovarian cancer or not may be determined.
- the discriminant value by comparing the discriminant value with a preset threshold value (cut-off value), whether or not the subject is female genital cancer or non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer Ovarian cancer or non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, uterine body cancer or non-cervical cancer, non-uterine body cancer, cervical cancer or Whether it is non-cervical cancer, whether it is endometrial cancer or non-uterine body cancer, whether it is ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a risk group for female genital cancer, or whether it is a healthy group Alternatively, it may be determined whether the cancer is any of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant can be one fractional expression or the sum of multiple fractional expressions, or a logistic regression formula, linear discriminant formula, multiple regression formula, formula created with support vector machine, formula created with Mahalanobis distance method Any one of an expression created by canonical discriminant analysis and an expression created by a decision tree may be used.
- step S-12 Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, His, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11.
- Concentration value of at least one of Trp, Orn, Arg and at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg Based on a multivariate discriminant that includes, as a variable, the discriminant value is calculated, and based on the calculated discriminant value, the evaluation target is either cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer or non-female genital cancer It may be determined whether or not.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Gln, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, and Trp.
- linear discriminant using Ala, Ile, His, Trp, Arg as variables linear discriminant using Gly, Cit, Met, Phe as variables, or linear using His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr as variables Discriminant or logistic regression equation with Val, Leu, His, and Arg as variables, a-ABA, Met, Tyr, and His with variables as variables Stick regression equation
- Logistic regression equation with variables Val, Ile, His, Trp, Arg Logistic regression equation with variables Cit, a-ABA, Met, Tyr or His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr
- a logistic regression equation may be used as a variable. This makes it possible to perform the discrimination more accurately by using the discriminant value obtained with a multivariate discriminant that is particularly useful for discrimin
- step S-12 Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11.
- Concentration value of at least one of Orn, Lys, Arg, and at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg Based on a multivariate discriminant that includes as a variable, the discriminant value is calculated, and based on the calculated discriminant value, either cervical cancer or endometrial cancer or non-cervical cancer, non-uterine cancer It may be determined whether or not any of the above.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or a fraction with Ile, His, Cit, and Arg as variables.
- linear discriminant using Gly, Val, His, and Arg as variables
- linear discriminant using Gly, Phe, His, and Arg as variables
- linear discriminant using Cit, Ile, His, and Arg as variables, or His, Leu , Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr as linear variables
- Logistic regression equation with Val, His, Lys, Arg as variables
- Logistic regression equation with Thr a-ABA
- Met, His as variables, Cit , Ile, His, Arg, or logistic regression equation with His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile Tyr may be a logistic regression equation as a variable. This makes it possible to use the discriminant value obtained with a multivariate discriminant that is particularly useful for discriminating between cervical cancer and uterine body cancer and non-cervical cancer and non-uterine body cancer, to make the discrimination more accurate. Can be done well.
- step S-12 at least one concentration value among Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11.
- a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg as a variable, and based on the calculated discriminant value
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between cervical cancer and non-cervical cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, Met, Val as variables, or Met, His, Cit, Arg as variables.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between cervical cancer and non-cer
- step S-12 Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, and the like contained in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11.
- Multivariate discriminant including at least one concentration value of Arg and at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Arg as a variable
- the discriminant value may be calculated based on the above, and based on the calculated discriminant value, it may be determined whether the subject is an endometrial cancer or a non-uterine body cancer.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between endometrial cancer and non-uterine body cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or a fraction with Ile, His, Asn, and Cit as variables.
- linear discriminant with variables Gln, His, Lys, Arg linear discriminant with variables Gly, Met, Phe, His, linear discriminant with variables Cit, Ile, His, Arg or His, Asn , Val, Pro, Cit, Ile as variables, linear discriminant with Gln, Gly, His, Arg as variables, logistic regression with Gln, Phe, His, Arg as variables, Gln, Ile , His, Arg as logistic regression equations or His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, I e may be the logistic regression equation as a variable.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between endometrial cancer and non-uterine body cancer.
- step S-12 Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, His, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11.
- a discriminant value is calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of them as a variable, and whether the subject is an ovarian cancer or a non-ovarian cancer is evaluated based on the calculated discriminant value Good.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Orn, Cit, Met as variables, a fractional expression with Gln, Cit, Tyr as variables, or a fractional expression with Orn, His, Phe, Trp as variables, Linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Orn, Trp as variables, linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, linear discriminant with Phe, Trp, Orn, Lys as variables, or His, Trp, Glu , Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, linear discriminant, Ser, Cit, Trp, Orn as variables, Logistic regression equation, Gln, Cit, Ile, Tyr as variables, Logistic regression equation, Asn, Phe, His , Logistic regression equation with Trp as a variable or His, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile
- step S-12 Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, His, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11.
- At least one concentration value of Trp, Orn, Arg, and at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg May be calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including a variable, and based on the calculated discriminant, whether the evaluation target is a female genital cancer risk group or a healthy group may be determined. .
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between the female genital cancer afflicted risk group and the healthy group.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a linear discriminant using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables, or a logistic regression equation using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables. But you can. Thereby, the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between the female genital cancer afflicted risk group and the healthy group.
- step S-12 Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated measured in step S-11.
- a discriminant value is calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable, and based on the calculated discriminant value, It may be determined whether the cancer is cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, or ovarian cancer.
- the discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for discrimination between cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method using Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, and a-ABA as variables, or His, Leu, Ser, Thr. , Glu, Gln, Ala, Lys may be used as an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method.
- the discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for discrimination between cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant mentioned above is the method described in International Publication No. 2004/052191 which is an international application by the present applicant, or the method described in International Publication No. 2006/098192 which is an international application by the present applicant. (Multivariate discriminant creation processing described in the second embodiment to be described later). If the multivariate discriminant obtained by these methods is used, it is preferable to use the multivariate discriminant for evaluating the state of female genital cancer regardless of the unit of amino acid concentration in the amino acid concentration data as input data. it can.
- the multivariate discriminant means the form of the formula generally used in multivariate analysis, such as fractional formula, multiple regression formula, multiple logistic regression formula, linear discriminant function, Mahalanobis distance, canonical discriminant function, support Includes vector machines, decision trees, etc. Also included are expressions as indicated by the sum of different forms of multivariate discriminants.
- a coefficient and a constant term are added to each variable.
- the coefficient and the constant term are preferably real numbers, more preferably data.
- each coefficient and its confidence interval may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number
- the value of the constant term and its confidence interval may be obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying / dividing an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- the fractional expression is the sum of amino acids A, B, C,... And the denominator of the fractional expression is the sum of amino acids a, b, c,. It is represented.
- the fractional expression includes a sum of fractional expressions ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ ,.
- the fractional expression also includes a divided fractional expression.
- An appropriate coefficient may be added to each amino acid used in the numerator and denominator.
- amino acids used in the numerator and denominator may overlap.
- an appropriate coefficient may be attached to each fractional expression.
- the value of the coefficient of each variable and the value of the constant term may be real numbers.
- the combination of the numerator variable and the denominator variable is generally reversed in the sign of the correlation with the objective variable, but since the correlation is maintained, it can be considered equivalent in discriminability. Combinations of swapping numerator and denominator variables are also included.
- the present invention when evaluating the state of female genital cancer, in addition to the amino acid concentration, other metabolite concentrations, gene expression levels, protein expression levels, subject age / sex, smoking presence, electrocardiogram It is also possible to use a numerical version of the above waveform. In addition, when assessing the state of female genital cancer, the present invention uses other metabolite concentrations, gene expression levels, protein expression levels, subject age as variables in the multivariate discriminant. ⁇ You may also use gender, smoking status, or a numerical ECG waveform.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a method for evaluating the state of female genital cancer according to the first embodiment.
- amino acid concentration data relating to amino acid concentration values is measured from blood collected from individuals such as animals and humans (step SA-11).
- the amino acid concentration value is measured by the method described above.
- step SA-12 data such as missing values and outliers are removed from the amino acid concentration data of the individual measured in step SA-11 (step SA-12).
- the amino acid concentration data of the individual from which data such as missing values and outliers have been removed in step SA-12, or a preset multivariate discriminant using the amino acid concentration as a variable is 1
- the multivariate discriminant is 1
- One of the formulas and formulas created by the decision tree. One of the determinations shown in FIG. 4 is performed (step SA-13).
- One concentration value and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, V The discriminant value is calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of al, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable.
- a preset threshold value cut-off value
- a discriminant value is calculated, and by comparing the calculated discriminant value with a preset threshold value (cut-off value), uterine body cancer or Determine whether the cancer is non-uterine body cancer.
- amino acid concentration data is measured from blood collected from an individual, and (2) the measured amino acid concentration of the individual. Data such as missing values and outliers are removed from the data. (3) Amino acid concentration data of individuals from which data such as missing values and outliers have been removed, and preset multivariate discriminants using amino acid concentrations as variables. Based on the above, 11. ⁇ 18. One of the determinations shown in FIG.
- two-group discrimination between female genital cancer and non-female genital cancer discrimination between cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer and non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, uterine cancer and non-cervical cancer Discrimination between cancer and non-uterine cancer, 2-group discrimination between cervical cancer and non-cervical cancer, 2-group discrimination between endometrial cancer and non-uterine cancer, 2 groups of ovarian cancer and non-ovarian cancer
- 2-group discrimination between female genital cancer risk group and healthy group 2-group discrimination between female genital cancer risk group and healthy group, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.
- the two-group discrimination and these discriminations can be performed with higher accuracy.
- the multivariate discriminant includes a fractional expression with Gln, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, and Trp.
- step SA-13 the above 13.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or Ile, His, Cit, and Arg as variables.
- step SA-13 the above 14.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, Met, Val as variables, or Met, His, Cit, Arg as variables.
- a linear discriminant with Gly, Val, His, Arg as variables, a linear discriminant with Gly, Val, Met, Lys as variables, a linear discriminant with Cit, Met, His, Arg as variables, or A linear discriminant using His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys as variables, or a logistic regression equation using Val, Leu, His, Arg as variables, a logistic regression equation using Met, His, Orn, Arg as variables, Logistic regression equation with variables Val, Tyr, His, Arg or His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr Lys may be a logistic regression equation as a variable.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between cervical cancer and non-cervical cancer.
- step SA-13 the above 15.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or Ile, His, Asn, and Cit as variables.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Orn, Cit, Met as variables, a fractional expression with Gln, Cit, Tyr as variables, or a fractional expression with Orn, His, Phe, Trp as variables.
- step SA-13 the above 17.
- the multivariate discriminant is expressed by the Mahalanobis distance method using Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, and a-ABA as variables, or His, Leu, Ser, It may be an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method with Thr, Glu, Gln, Ala, and Lys as variables. Thereby, the discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for discrimination between cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant is a linear discriminant using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables, or logistic regression using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables. It may be an expression.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between the female genital cancer afflicted risk group and the healthy group.
- the multivariate discriminant mentioned above is the method described in International Publication No. 2004/052191 which is an international application by the present applicant, or the method described in International Publication No. 2006/098192 which is an international application by the present applicant. (Multivariate discriminant creation processing described in the second embodiment to be described later). If the multivariate discriminant obtained by these methods is used, it is preferable to use the multivariate discriminant for evaluating the state of female genital cancer regardless of the unit of amino acid concentration in the amino acid concentration data as input data. it can.
- FIG. 3 is a principle configuration diagram showing the basic principle of the present invention.
- the control unit includes Arg, Asn, Cit, Gly, His, Leu, Met, and Lys included in the amino acid concentration data of an evaluation object (for example, an individual such as an animal or a human) acquired in advance regarding the amino acid concentration value.
- Phe, Thr, Trp, Tyr, Val at least one concentration value, and a multivariate discriminant stored in the storage unit with the amino acid concentration as a variable, Arg, Asn, Cit, Gly, His, Leu,
- a discriminant value which is the value of the multivariate discriminant, is calculated based on what includes at least one of Met, Lys, Phe, Thr, Trp, Tyr, and Val as a variable (step S-21).
- the state of female genital cancer including at least one of cervical cancer, uterine body cancer, and ovarian cancer is evaluated for the evaluation object based on the discriminant value calculated in step S-21 by the control unit. Is evaluated (step S-22).
- Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro It is the value of the multivariate discriminant based on what contains at least one of Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg as a variable.
- a discriminant value is calculated, and the state of female genital cancer is evaluated for each evaluation object based on the calculated discriminant value. This makes it possible to accurately evaluate the state of female genital cancer using the discriminant value obtained with a multivariate discriminant that has a significant correlation with the state of female genital cancer. Specifically, subjects who are likely to have female genital cancer can be narrowed down to a single sample in a short time, resulting in less time, physical and financial burden on the subjects can do. In addition, specifically, by using a discriminant having a concentration of a plurality of amino acids or a concentration of the amino acid as a variable, it is possible to accurately evaluate whether or not a certain specimen develops female genital cancer. Inspection efficiency and accuracy can be improved.
- step S-22 based on the discriminant value calculated in step S-21, whether or not the subject is female genital cancer or non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer Or whether it is non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, uterine body cancer or non-cervical cancer, non-uterine body cancer, cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer Whether it is cancer, whether it is endometrial cancer or non-uterine cancer, whether it is ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a female genital cancer risk group or a healthy group, or It may be determined whether the cancer is cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, or ovarian cancer.
- Multivariate discriminants are one fractional expression or the sum of multiple fractional expressions, or logistic regression, linear discriminant, multiple regression, formulas created with support vector machines, formulas created with Mahalanobis distance method Any one of an expression created by canonical discriminant analysis and an expression created by a decision tree may be used.
- step S-21 at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, and Arg included in the amino acid concentration data.
- the multivariate discriminant including at least one of the concentration value and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg as a variable.
- step S-22 based on the calculated discriminant value, it is determined whether the subject of evaluation is cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer or non-female genital cancer. May be.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Gln, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, and Trp.
- linear discriminant using Ala, Ile, His, Trp, Arg as variables linear discriminant using Gly, Cit, Met, Phe as variables, or linear using His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr as variables Discriminant or logistic regression equation with Val, Leu, His, and Arg as variables, a-ABA, Met, Tyr, and His with variables as variables Stick regression equation
- Logistic regression equation with variables Val, Ile, His, Trp, Arg Logistic regression equation with variables Cit, a-ABA, Met, Tyr or His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr
- a logistic regression equation may be used as a variable. This makes it possible to perform the discrimination more accurately by using the discriminant value obtained with a multivariate discriminant that is particularly useful for discrimin
- step S-21 at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg included in the amino acid concentration data.
- the multivariate discriminant including at least one of the concentration value and Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg as a variable.
- the evaluation target is either cervical cancer or uterine body cancer or non-cervical cancer or non-uterine body cancer. It may be determined whether or not.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or a fraction with Ile, His, Cit, and Arg as variables.
- step S-21 at least one concentration value of Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg included in the amino acid concentration data and Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe are included. , His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one as a variable, a discriminant value is calculated in step S-22 based on the calculated discriminant value. Whether the cancer is cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer may be determined. Thereby, the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between cervical cancer and non-cervical cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, Met, Val as variables, or Met, His, Cit, Arg as variables.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between cervical cancer and non-cer
- step S-21 at least one concentration value of Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, and Arg included in the amino acid concentration data and Thr , Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Arg based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one variable, and calculating a discriminant value, In S-22, based on the calculated discriminant value, it may be discriminated whether the evaluation target is endometrial cancer or non-uterine body cancer.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between endometrial cancer and non-uterine body cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or a fraction with Ile, His, Asn, and Cit as variables.
- linear discriminant with variables Gln, His, Lys, Arg linear discriminant with variables Gly, Met, Phe, His, linear discriminant with variables Cit, Ile, His, Arg or His, Asn , Val, Pro, Cit, Ile as variables, linear discriminant with Gln, Gly, His, Arg as variables, logistic regression with Gln, Phe, His, Arg as variables, Gln, Ile , His, Arg as logistic regression equations or His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, I e may be the logistic regression equation as a variable.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between endometrial cancer and non-uterine body cancer.
- step S-21 at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg included in the amino acid concentration data.
- Multivariate discrimination including one concentration value and at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg as a variable
- a discriminant value may be calculated based on the formula, and in step S-22, it may be discriminated whether the subject is an ovarian cancer or a non-ovarian cancer based on the calculated discriminant value.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Orn, Cit, Met as variables, a fractional expression with Gln, Cit, Tyr as variables, or a fractional expression with Orn, His, Phe, Trp as variables, Linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Orn, Trp as variables, linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, linear discriminant with Phe, Trp, Orn, Lys as variables, or His, Trp, Glu , Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, linear discriminant, Ser, Cit, Trp, Orn as variables, Logistic regression equation, Gln, Cit, Ile, Tyr as variables, Logistic regression equation, Asn, Phe, His , Logistic regression equation with Trp as a variable or His, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile
- step S-21 at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, and Arg included in the amino acid concentration data.
- concentration value and multivariate discriminant including at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg as a variable
- a discriminant value may be calculated, and in step S-22, it may be discriminated whether the evaluation target is a female genital cancer afflicted risk group or a healthy group based on the calculated discriminant value.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between the female genital cancer afflicted risk group and the healthy group.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is the linear discriminant having Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as the variables, or Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as the variables.
- the logistic regression equation may be used. Thereby, the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between the female genital cancer afflicted risk group and the healthy group.
- step S-21 Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Concentration value of at least one of Orn, Lys, Arg and Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn , Lys, Arg, based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of them as a variable, a discriminant value is calculated.
- step S-22 based on the calculated discriminant value, cervical cancer, It may be determined whether the body cancer or ovarian cancer.
- the discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for discrimination between cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method using Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, and a-ABA as variables, or His, Leu, Ser, Thr. , Glu, Gln, Ala, Lys may be used as an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method.
- the discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for discrimination between cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant mentioned above is the method described in International Publication No. 2004/052191 which is an international application by the present applicant, or the method described in International Publication No. 2006/098192 which is an international application by the present applicant. (Multivariate discriminant creation processing described later). If the multivariate discriminant obtained by these methods is used, it is preferable to use the multivariate discriminant for evaluating the state of female genital cancer regardless of the unit of amino acid concentration in the amino acid concentration data as input data. it can.
- the multivariate discriminant means the form of the formula generally used in multivariate analysis, such as fractional formula, multiple regression formula, multiple logistic regression formula, linear discriminant function, Mahalanobis distance, canonical discriminant function, support Includes vector machines, decision trees, etc. Also included are expressions as indicated by the sum of different forms of multivariate discriminants.
- a coefficient and a constant term are added to each variable.
- the coefficient and the constant term are preferably real numbers, more preferably data.
- each coefficient and its confidence interval may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number
- the value of the constant term and its confidence interval may be obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying / dividing an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- the fractional expression is the sum of amino acids A, B, C,... And the denominator of the fractional expression is the sum of amino acids a, b, c,. It is represented.
- the fractional expression includes a sum of fractional expressions ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ ,.
- the fractional expression also includes a divided fractional expression.
- An appropriate coefficient may be added to each amino acid used in the numerator and denominator.
- amino acids used in the numerator and denominator may overlap.
- an appropriate coefficient may be attached to each fractional expression.
- the value of the coefficient of each variable and the value of the constant term may be real numbers.
- the combination of the numerator variable and the denominator variable is generally reversed in the sign of the correlation with the objective variable, but since the correlation is maintained, it can be considered equivalent in discriminability. Combinations of swapping numerator and denominator variables are also included.
- the present invention when evaluating the state of female genital cancer, in addition to the amino acid concentration, other metabolite concentrations, gene expression levels, protein expression levels, subject age / sex, smoking presence, electrocardiogram It is also possible to use a numerical version of the above waveform. In addition, when assessing the state of female genital cancer, the present invention uses other metabolite concentrations, gene expression levels, protein expression levels, subject age as variables in the multivariate discriminant. ⁇ You may also use gender, smoking status, or a numerical ECG waveform.
- step 1 to step 4 the outline of the multivariate discriminant creation process (step 1 to step 4) will be described in detail.
- the present invention is based on a predetermined formula creation method from female genital cancer state information stored in a storage unit including amino acid concentration data and female genital cancer state index data relating to an index representing the state of female genital cancer in the control unit.
- data having missing values, outliers, and the like may be removed from female genital cancer state information in advance.
- Step 1 a plurality of different formula creation methods (principal component analysis, discriminant analysis, support vector machine, multiple regression analysis, logistic regression analysis, k-means method, cluster analysis, decision tree, etc.) from female genital cancer status information
- a plurality of candidate multivariate discriminants may be created in combination.
- female genital cancer status information which is multivariate data composed of amino acid concentration data and female genital cancer status index data obtained by analyzing blood obtained from many healthy subjects and female genital cancer patients
- a plurality of candidate multivariate discriminants may be created simultaneously using a plurality of different algorithms.
- two different candidate multivariate discriminants may be created by performing discriminant analysis and logistic regression analysis simultaneously using different algorithms.
- the candidate multivariate discriminant created by performing principal component analysis is used to convert female genital cancer state information, and by performing discriminant analysis on the converted female genital cancer state information, the candidate multivariate discriminant is obtained. You may create it. Thereby, finally, an appropriate multivariate discriminant suitable for the diagnosis condition can be created.
- the candidate multivariate discriminant created using principal component analysis is a linear expression composed of amino acid variables that maximizes the variance of all amino acid concentration data.
- the candidate multivariate discriminant created using discriminant analysis is a high-order formula (index or index) consisting of amino acid variables that minimizes the ratio of the sum of variances within each group to the variance of all amino acid concentration data. Including logarithm).
- the candidate multivariate discriminant created using the support vector machine is a higher-order formula (including a kernel function) made up of amino acid variables that maximizes the boundary between groups.
- the candidate multivariate discriminant created using multiple regression analysis is a higher-order expression composed of amino acid variables that minimizes the sum of distances from all amino acid concentration data.
- a candidate multivariate discriminant created using logistic regression analysis is a fractional expression having a natural logarithm as a term, which is a linear expression composed of amino acid variables that maximize the likelihood.
- the k-means method searches k neighborhoods of each amino acid concentration data, defines the largest group among the groups to which the neighboring points belong as the group to which the data belongs, This is a method of selecting an amino acid variable that best matches the group to which the group belongs.
- Cluster analysis is a method of clustering (grouping) points that are closest to each other in all amino acid concentration data. Further, the decision tree is a technique for predicting a group of amino acid concentration data from patterns that can be taken by amino acid variables having higher ranks by adding ranks to amino acid variables.
- the present invention verifies (mutually verifies) the candidate multivariate discriminant created in step 1 based on a predetermined verification method in the control unit (step 2).
- the candidate multivariate discriminant is verified for each candidate multivariate discriminant created in step 1.
- step 2 at least one of the discrimination rate, sensitivity, specificity, information criterion, etc. of the candidate multivariate discriminant based on at least one of the bootstrap method, holdout method, leave one out method, etc. May be verified.
- a candidate multivariate discriminant with high predictability or robustness in consideration of female genital cancer state information and diagnosis conditions can be created.
- the discrimination rate is the correct proportion of the state of female genital cancer evaluated in the present invention among all input data.
- Sensitivity is the correct proportion of the female genital cancer condition evaluated in the present invention among the female genital cancer conditions described in the input data.
- the specificity is the correct proportion of the female genital cancer state evaluated in the present invention among the healthy female genital cancer states described in the input data.
- the information criterion is the difference between the number of amino acid variables in the candidate multivariate discriminant prepared in Step 1 and the state of female genital cancer evaluated in the present invention and the state of female genital cancer described in the input data. , Are added together.
- the predictability is an average of the discrimination rate, sensitivity, and specificity obtained by repeating the verification of the candidate multivariate discriminant.
- Robustness is the variance of discrimination rate, sensitivity, and specificity obtained by repeating verification of candidate multivariate discriminants.
- the present invention selects a candidate multivariate discriminant variable by selecting a variable of the candidate multivariate discriminant based on a predetermined variable selection method from the verification result in step 2 in the control unit.
- a combination of amino acid concentration data included in the female genital cancer state information used when creating the discriminant is selected (step 3).
- Amino acid variables are selected for each candidate multivariate discriminant created in step 1. Thereby, the amino acid variable of a candidate multivariate discriminant can be selected appropriately.
- Step 1 is performed again using the female genital cancer state information including the amino acid concentration data selected in Step 3.
- step 3 the amino acid variable of the candidate multivariate discriminant may be selected from the verification result in step 2 based on at least one of the stepwise method, the best path method, the neighborhood search method, and the genetic algorithm. .
- the best path method is a method of selecting amino acid variables by sequentially reducing amino acid variables included in the candidate multivariate discriminant one by one and optimizing the evaluation index given by the candidate multivariate discriminant. is there.
- a multivariate discriminant is created by selecting candidate multivariate discriminants to be adopted as multivariate discriminants from the formula (step 4).
- selecting candidate multivariate discriminants for example, selecting the optimal one from among candidate multivariate discriminants created by the same formula creation method, and selecting the most suitable from all candidate multivariate discriminants There is a case to choose one.
- the multivariate discriminant creation process relates to the creation of a candidate multivariate discriminant, the verification of the candidate multivariate discriminant, and the selection of variables of the candidate multivariate discriminant based on the female genital cancer state information.
- systematized systematized
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the present system.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of the overall configuration of the present system.
- this system is a female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 that evaluates the state of female genital cancer for each evaluation object, and an information communication terminal apparatus that provides amino acid concentration data of the evaluation object relating to amino acid concentration values.
- the client apparatus 200 is configured to be communicably connected via the network 300.
- the present system uses female genital cancer state information used when creating a multivariate discriminant in the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100.
- a database apparatus 400 storing a multivariate discriminant used for evaluating the state of female genital cancer may be configured to be communicably connected via the network 300.
- the information regarding the state of female genital cancer is information regarding the values measured for specific items regarding the state of human female genital cancer.
- information on the state of female genital cancer is generated by the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100, the client apparatus 200, and other apparatuses (for example, various measuring apparatuses) and is mainly stored in the database apparatus 400.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 of this system, and conceptually shows only the portion related to the present invention in the configuration.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 includes a control unit 102 such as a CPU that comprehensively controls the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus, a communication device such as a router, and a wired or wireless communication line such as a dedicated line.
- a communication interface unit 104 that connects the cancer evaluation apparatus to the network 300 in a communicable manner, a storage unit 106 that stores various databases, tables, files, and the like, and an input / output interface unit 108 that connects to the input device 112 and the output device 114 These units are connected to be communicable via an arbitrary communication path.
- the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 may be configured in the same casing as various analytical apparatuses (for example, an amino acid analyzer).
- dispersion / integration of the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof is functionally or physically distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads. -You may integrate and comprise. For example, a part of the processing may be realized using CGI (Common Gateway Interface).
- CGI Common Gateway Interface
- the storage unit 106 is a storage means, and for example, a memory device such as a RAM / ROM, a fixed disk device such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, or the like can be used.
- the storage unit 106 stores a computer program for giving instructions to the CPU and performing various processes in cooperation with an OS (Operating System).
- the storage unit 106 includes a user information file 106a, an amino acid concentration data file 106b, a female genital cancer state information file 106c, a designated female genital cancer state information file 106d, and a multivariate discriminant-related information database 106e.
- the discriminant value file 106f and the evaluation result file 106g are stored.
- the user information file 106a stores user information related to users.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the user information file 106a.
- the information stored in the user information file 106a includes a user ID for uniquely identifying a user and authentication for whether or not the user is a valid person.
- the amino acid concentration data file 106b stores amino acid concentration data relating to amino acid concentration values.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the amino acid concentration data file 106b.
- the information stored in the amino acid concentration data file 106b is configured by associating an individual number for uniquely identifying an individual (sample) to be evaluated with amino acid concentration data. Yes.
- amino acid concentration data is treated as a numerical value, that is, a continuous scale, but the amino acid concentration data may be a nominal scale or an order scale. In the case of a nominal scale or an order scale, analysis may be performed by giving an arbitrary numerical value to each state.
- amino acid concentration data includes other biological information (concentrations of other metabolites other than amino acids, gene expression levels, protein expression levels, subject age / sex, smoking status, and ECG waveform) Etc.) may be combined.
- the female genital cancer state information file 106 c stores female genital cancer state information used when creating a multivariate discriminant.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the female genital cancer state information file 106c. As shown in FIG. 9, the information stored in the female genital cancer state information file 106c relates to an individual number and an index (index T 1 , index T 2 , index T 3 ...) Representing the state of female genital cancer. Female genital cancer state index data (T) and amino acid concentration data are associated with each other.
- T Female genital cancer state index data
- amino acid concentration data are associated with each other.
- the female genital cancer state index data and the amino acid concentration data are treated as numerical values (that is, a continuous scale), but the female genital cancer state index data and the amino acid concentration data may be a nominal scale or an order scale. In the case of a nominal scale or an order scale, analysis may be performed by giving an arbitrary numerical value to each state.
- the female genital cancer state index data is a known single state index serving as a marker of the state of female genital cancer, and numerical data may be used.
- the designated female genital cancer state information file 106d stores the female genital cancer state information designated by the female genital cancer state information designation unit 102g described later.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the designated female genital cancer state information file 106d. As shown in FIG. 10, the information stored in the designated female genital cancer state information file 106d is configured by associating an individual number, designated female genital cancer state index data, and designated amino acid concentration data with each other. ing.
- the multivariate discriminant-related information database 106e includes a candidate multivariate discriminant file 106e1 for storing the candidate multivariate discriminant created by the candidate multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h1 described below, and a candidate multivariate discriminant file 106e1 described later.
- a selected female genital cancer state information file 106e3 that stores female genital cancer state information including a combination of a verification result file 106e2 that stores a verification result in the discriminant verification unit 102h2 and an amino acid concentration data selected by a variable selection unit 102h3 described later.
- a multivariate discriminant file 106e4 for storing the multivariate discriminant created by the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h described later.
- the candidate multivariate discriminant file 106e1 stores the candidate multivariate discriminant created by the candidate multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h1 described later.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the candidate multivariate discriminant file 106e1.
- information stored in the candidate multivariate discriminant file 106e1 includes the rank, the candidate multivariate discriminant (in FIG. 11, F 1 (Gly, Leu, Phe,%)) And F 2. (Gly, Leu, Phe,%), F 3 (Gly, Leu, Phe,%) And the like are associated with each other.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the verification result file 106e2.
- the information stored in the verification result file 106e2 includes rank, candidate multivariate discriminant (in FIG. 12, F k (Gly, Leu, Phe,%) And F m (Gly, Leu, Phe,%), F.sub.l (Gly, Leu, Phe,. They are related to each other.
- the selected female genital cancer state information file 106e3 stores female genital cancer state information including a combination of amino acid concentration data corresponding to variables selected by the variable selection unit 102h3 described later.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in the selected female genital cancer state information file 106e3. As shown in FIG. 13, information stored in the selected female genital cancer state information file 106e3 includes an individual number, female genital cancer state index data specified by a female genital cancer state information specifying unit 102g described later, and variables described later. The amino acid concentration data selected by the selection unit 102h3 is associated with each other.
- the multivariate discriminant file 106e4 stores the multivariate discriminant created by the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h described later.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the multivariate discriminant file 106e4.
- the information stored in the multivariate discriminant file 106e4 includes the rank, the multivariate discriminant (in FIG. 14, F p (Phe,%) And F p (Gly, Leu, Phe). ), F k (Gly, Leu, Phe,...)), A threshold corresponding to each formula creation method, a verification result of each multivariate discriminant (for example, an evaluation value of each multivariate discriminant), Are related to each other.
- the discriminant value file 106f stores the discriminant value calculated by the discriminant value calculator 102i described later.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the discrimination value file 106f. As shown in FIG. 15, information stored in the discriminant value file 106f includes an individual number for uniquely identifying an individual (sample) to be evaluated and a rank (for uniquely identifying a multivariate discriminant). Number) and the discrimination value are associated with each other.
- the evaluation result file 106g stores an evaluation result in a discriminant value criterion-evaluating unit 102j described later (specifically, a discrimination result in a discriminant value criterion-discriminating unit 102j1 described later).
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the evaluation result file 106g.
- Information stored in the evaluation result file 106g includes an individual number for uniquely identifying an individual (sample) to be evaluated, amino acid concentration data of the evaluation target acquired in advance, and a discriminant value calculated by a multivariate discriminant. And the evaluation results relating to the state of female genital cancer.
- the storage unit 106 stores various types of Web data for providing the Web site to the client device 200, a CGI program, and the like as other information in addition to the information described above.
- the Web data includes data for displaying various Web pages, which will be described later, and the data is formed as a text file described in, for example, HTML or XML.
- a part file, a work file, and other temporary files for creating Web data are also stored in the storage unit 106.
- the storage unit 106 stores audio for transmission to the client device 200 as an audio file such as WAVE format or AIFF format, and stores still images and moving images as image files such as JPEG format or MPEG2 format as necessary. Or can be stored.
- the communication interface unit 104 mediates communication between the female genital cancer evaluation device 100 and the network 300 (or a communication device such as a router). That is, the communication interface unit 104 has a function of communicating data with other terminals via a communication line.
- the input / output interface unit 108 is connected to the input device 112 and the output device 114.
- a monitor including a home television
- a speaker or a printer can be used as the output device 114 (hereinafter, the output device 114 may be described as the monitor 114).
- the input device 112 a monitor that realizes a pointing device function in cooperation with a mouse can be used in addition to a keyboard, a mouse, and a microphone.
- the control unit 102 has an internal memory for storing a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program that defines various processing procedures, and necessary data, and performs various information processing based on these programs. Execute. As shown in the figure, the control unit 102 is roughly divided into a request interpretation unit 102a, a browsing processing unit 102b, an authentication processing unit 102c, an email generation unit 102d, a Web page generation unit 102e, a reception unit 102f, and a female genital cancer state information designation unit.
- OS Operating System
- the control unit 102 removes data with missing values, removes data with many outliers, and missing values with respect to female genital cancer state information transmitted from the database device 400 and amino acid concentration data transmitted from the client device 200. Data processing such as removal of variables with a lot of data is also performed.
- the request interpretation unit 102a interprets the request content from the client device 200 or the database device 400, and passes the processing to each unit of the control unit 102 according to the interpretation result.
- the browsing processing unit 102b Upon receiving browsing requests for various screens from the client device 200, the browsing processing unit 102b generates and transmits Web data for these screens.
- the authentication processing unit 102c makes an authentication determination.
- the e-mail generation unit 102d generates an e-mail including various types of information.
- the web page generation unit 102e generates a web page that the user browses on the client device 200.
- the receiving unit 102 f receives information (specifically, amino acid concentration data, female genital cancer state information, multivariate discriminant, etc.) transmitted from the client device 200 or the database device 400 via the network 300.
- the female genital cancer state information specifying unit 102g specifies target female genital cancer state index data and amino acid concentration data when creating a multivariate discriminant.
- the multivariate discriminant creating unit 102h creates a multivariate discriminant based on the female genital cancer state information received by the receiving unit 102f and the female genital cancer state information specified by the female genital cancer state information specifying unit 102g. Specifically, the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h accumulates by repeatedly executing the candidate multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h1, the candidate multivariate discriminant-verifying part 102h2, and the variable selecting part 102h3 from the female genital cancer state information. A multivariate discriminant is created by selecting a candidate multivariate discriminant to be adopted as a multivariate discriminant from among a plurality of candidate multivariate discriminants based on the verified results.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing unit 102h selects a desired multivariate discriminant from the storage unit 106, A multivariate discriminant may be created.
- the multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h creates a multivariate discriminant by selecting and downloading a desired multivariate discriminant from another computer device (for example, the database device 400) that stores the multivariate discriminant in advance. May be.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h, and conceptually shows only the part related to the present invention.
- the multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h further includes a candidate multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h1, a candidate multivariate discriminant verification unit 102h2, and a variable selection unit 102h3.
- the candidate multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h1 creates a candidate multivariate discriminant that is a candidate for the multivariate discriminant from the female genital cancer state information based on a predetermined formula creation method.
- the candidate multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h1 may create a plurality of candidate multivariate discriminants from the female genital cancer state information by using a plurality of different formula creation methods.
- the candidate multivariate discriminant verification unit 102h2 verifies the candidate multivariate discriminant created by the candidate multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h1 based on a predetermined verification method. It should be noted that the candidate multivariate discriminant verification unit 102h2 is based on at least one of the bootstrap method, the holdout method, and the leave one-out method. At least one of them may be verified.
- variable selection unit 102h3 creates a candidate multivariate discriminant by selecting a variable of the candidate multivariate discriminant based on a predetermined variable selection method from the verification result in the candidate multivariate discriminant verification unit 102h2. Select a combination of amino acid concentration data included in female genital cancer status information to be used. Note that the variable selection unit 102h3 may select a variable of the candidate multivariate discriminant from the verification result based on at least one of the stepwise method, the best path method, the neighborhood search method, and the genetic algorithm.
- the discriminant value calculation unit 102 i includes Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu included in the evaluation target amino acid concentration data.
- Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg are multivariate discriminants created by the multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly , Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable, a discrimination that is the value of the multivariate discriminant Calculate the value.
- the multivariate discriminant is the sum of one fractional formula or multiple fractional formulas, or a logistic regression formula, linear discriminant formula, multiple regression formula, formula created with support vector machine, Mahalanobis distance formula Any one of an expression, an expression created by canonical discriminant analysis, and an expression created by a decision tree may be used.
- the discrimination value calculation unit 102i is received by the reception unit 102f.
- the discriminant value may be calculated based on the multivariate discriminant.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Gln, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, and Trp.
- a fractional expression with variables or a fractional expression with a-ABA, Cit, and Met as variables, a linear discriminant with Gly, Val, His, and Arg as variables, and a linear discrimination with Gly, a-ABA, Met, and His as variables Formula, linear discriminant using Ala, Ile, His, Trp, Arg as variables, linear discriminant using Gly, Cit, Met, Phe as variables, or linear using His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr as variables Discriminant or logistic regression equation with Val, Leu, His, and Arg as variables, a-ABA, Met, Tyr, and His with variables as variables Stick regression equation, Logistic regression equation with variables Val, Ile, His, Trp, Arg, Logistic regression equation with variables Cit,
- the discrimination value calculation unit 102i Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated received by the receiving unit 102f At least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg created by one concentration value and multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h
- the discriminant value may be calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including one as a variable.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or a fraction with Ile, His, Cit, and Arg as variables.
- linear discriminant using Gly, Val, His, and Arg as variables
- linear discriminant using Gly, Phe, His, and Arg as variables
- linear discriminant using Cit, Ile, His, and Arg as variables, or His, Leu , Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr as linear variables
- Logistic regression equation with Val, His, Lys, Arg as variables
- Logistic regression equation with Thr a-ABA
- Met, His as variables, Cit , Ile, His, Arg, or logistic regression equation with His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile Tyr may be a logistic regression equation as a variable.
- the discrimination value calculation unit 102i is included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated received by the reception unit 102f. Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His,
- the discriminant value may be calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, Met, Val as variables, or Met, His, Cit, Arg as variables.
- the discrimination value calculation unit 102i is included in the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated received by the reception unit 102f. Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Arg, Thr, Ser, created by the multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h
- the discriminant value may be calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, and Arg as a variable.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or a fraction with Ile, His, Asn, and Cit as variables.
- the discrimination value calculation unit 102i includes the Thr included in the evaluation target amino acid concentration data received by the reception unit 102f.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a fractional expression with Orn, Cit, Met as variables, a fractional expression with Gln, Cit, Tyr as variables, or a fractional expression with Orn, His, Phe, Trp as variables, Linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Orn, Trp as variables, linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, linear discriminant with Phe, Trp, Orn, Lys as variables, or His, Trp, Glu , Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, linear discriminant, Ser, Cit, Trp, Orn as variables, Logistic regression equation, Gln, Cit, Ile, Tyr as variables, Logistic regression equation, Asn, Phe, His , Logistic regression equation with Trp as a variable or His, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile, Orn It may be the logistic regression equation as a variable.
- the discrimination value calculation unit 102i uses the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated received by the reception unit 102f.
- Thr Contained in at least one concentration value and multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h among Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg Discrimination based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg as a variable A value may be calculated.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is a linear discriminant using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables, or a logistic regression equation using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables. But you can.
- the discrimination value calculation unit 102i receives the evaluation target received by the reception unit 102f. At least among Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg included in the amino acid concentration data
- One concentration value and Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp created by the multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h , Orn, Lys, Arg is calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one as a variable It may be.
- the multivariate discriminant used in this case is an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method using Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, and a-ABA as variables, or His, Leu, Ser, Thr. , Glu, Gln, Ala, Lys may be used as an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method.
- the discriminant value criterion-evaluating part 102j evaluates the state of female genital cancer for each evaluation object based on the discriminant value calculated by the discriminant value calculating part 102i.
- the discriminant value criterion-evaluating unit 102j further includes a discriminant value criterion-discriminating unit 102j1.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the discriminant value criterion-evaluating unit 102j, and conceptually shows only the portion related to the present invention.
- the discriminant value criterion discriminator 102j1 determines whether the subject is female genital cancer or non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer Or whether it is non-female genital cancer, cervical cancer, uterine body cancer or non-cervical cancer, non-uterine body cancer, cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer Whether it is cancer, whether it is endometrial cancer or non-uterine cancer, whether it is ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer, whether it is a female genital cancer risk group or a healthy group, or It is determined whether the cancer is cervical cancer, endometrial cancer or ovarian cancer.
- the result output unit 102k displays the processing results in the respective processing units of the control unit 102 (evaluation results in the discrimination value criterion evaluation unit 102j (specifically, discrimination results in the discrimination value criterion discrimination unit 102j1)). Output) to the output device 114.
- the transmission unit 102m transmits the evaluation result to the client apparatus 200 that is the transmission source of the amino acid concentration data to be evaluated, or the multivariate discriminant or evaluation created by the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 to the database apparatus 400. Or send results.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the client device 200 of the present system, and conceptually shows only the portion related to the present invention in the configuration.
- the client device 200 includes a control unit 210, a ROM 220, an HD 230, a RAM 240, an input device 250, an output device 260, an input / output IF 270, and a communication IF 280. These units are communicably connected via an arbitrary communication path. Has been.
- the control unit 210 includes a web browser 211, an electronic mailer 212, a reception unit 213, and a transmission unit 214.
- the web browser 211 interprets the web data and performs a browsing process for displaying the interpreted web data on a monitor 261 described later. Note that the web browser 211 may be plugged in with various software such as a stream player having a function of receiving, displaying, and feedbacking the stream video.
- the electronic mailer 212 transmits and receives electronic mail according to a predetermined communication protocol (for example, SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3), etc.).
- the receiving unit 213 receives various information such as the evaluation result transmitted from the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 via the communication IF 280.
- the transmission unit 214 transmits various information such as amino acid concentration data to be evaluated to the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 via the communication IF 280.
- the input device 250 is a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, or the like.
- a monitor 261 which will be described later, also realizes a pointing device function in cooperation with the mouse.
- the output device 260 is an output unit that outputs information received via the communication IF 280, and includes a monitor (including a home television) 261 and a printer 262. In addition, the output device 260 may be provided with a speaker or the like.
- the input / output IF 270 is connected to the input device 250 and the output device 260.
- the communication IF 280 connects the client device 200 and the network 300 (or a communication device such as a router) so that they can communicate with each other.
- the client device 200 is connected to the network 300 via a communication device such as a modem, TA, or router and a telephone line, or via a dedicated line.
- the client apparatus 200 can access the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 according to a predetermined communication protocol.
- an information processing device for example, a known personal computer, workstation, home game device, Internet TV, PHS terminal, portable terminal, mobile body
- peripheral devices such as a printer, a monitor, and an image scanner as necessary.
- the client apparatus 200 may be realized by mounting software (including programs, data, and the like) that realizes a Web data browsing function and an electronic mail function in a communication terminal / information processing terminal such as a PDA.
- control unit 210 of the client device 200 may be realized by a CPU and a program that is interpreted and executed by the CPU and all or any part of the processing performed by the control unit 210.
- the ROM 220 or the HD 230 stores computer programs for giving instructions to the CPU in cooperation with an OS (Operating System) and performing various processes.
- the computer program is executed by being loaded into the RAM 240, and constitutes the control unit 210 in cooperation with the CPU.
- the computer program may be recorded in an application program server connected to the client apparatus 200 via an arbitrary network, and the client apparatus 200 may download all or a part thereof as necessary. .
- all or any part of the processing performed by the control unit 210 may be realized by hardware such as wired logic.
- the network 300 has a function of connecting the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100, the client apparatus 200, and the database apparatus 400 so that they can communicate with each other, such as the Internet, an intranet, or a LAN (including both wired and wireless).
- the network 300 includes a VAN, a personal computer communication network, a public telephone network (including both analog / digital), a dedicated line network (including both analog / digital), a CATV network, and a mobile line switching network.
- a portable packet switching network including IMT2000, GSM, or PDC / PDC-P
- a wireless paging network including IMT2000, GSM, or PDC / PDC-P
- a local wireless network such as Bluetooth (registered trademark)
- a PHS network such as a satellite communication network (CS , BS, ISDB, etc.).
- FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the database apparatus 400 of this system, and conceptually shows only the portion related to the present invention in the configuration.
- the database device 400 is the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 or the female genital cancer state information used when creating the multivariate discriminant in the database apparatus 400, the multivariate discriminant created by the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100, the female genital organ It has a function of storing evaluation results and the like in the cancer evaluation apparatus 100.
- the database device 400 includes a control unit 402 such as a CPU that controls the database device 400 in an integrated manner, a communication device such as a router, and a wired or wireless communication circuit such as a dedicated line.
- a communication interface unit 404 that connects the database device to the network 300 to be communicable, a storage unit 406 that stores various databases, tables, files (for example, Web page files), and the like, and an input device 412 and an output device 414 are connected.
- the input / output interface unit 408 is configured to be communicable via an arbitrary communication path.
- the storage unit 406 is a storage means, and for example, a memory device such as a RAM / ROM, a fixed disk device such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, or the like can be used.
- the storage unit 406 stores various programs used for various processes.
- the communication interface unit 404 mediates communication between the database device 400 and the network 300 (or a communication device such as a router). That is, the communication interface unit 404 has a function of communicating data with other terminals via a communication line.
- the input / output interface unit 408 is connected to the input device 412 and the output device 414.
- the output device 414 in addition to a monitor (including a home television), a speaker or a printer can be used as the output device 414 (hereinafter, the output device 414 may be described as the monitor 414).
- the input device 412 can be a monitor that realizes a pointing device function in cooperation with the mouse.
- the control unit 402 has an internal memory for storing a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program that defines various processing procedures, and necessary data, and performs various information processing based on these programs. Execute. As shown in the figure, the control unit 402 is roughly divided into a request interpreting unit 402a, a browsing processing unit 402b, an authentication processing unit 402c, an e-mail generating unit 402d, a Web page generating unit 402e, and a transmitting unit 402f.
- a control program such as an OS (Operating System)
- OS Operating System
- the request interpretation unit 402a interprets the request content from the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100, and passes the processing to each unit of the control unit 402 according to the interpretation result.
- the browsing processing unit 402b Upon receiving browsing requests for various screens from the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100, the browsing processing unit 402b generates and transmits Web data for these screens.
- the authentication processing unit 402c receives an authentication request from the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 and makes an authentication determination.
- the e-mail generation unit 402d generates an e-mail including various types of information.
- the web page generation unit 402e generates a web page that the user browses on the client device 200.
- the transmission unit 402f transmits various information such as female genital cancer state information and multivariate discriminant to the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100.
- FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an example of female genital cancer evaluation service processing.
- the amino acid concentration data used in this process relates to the amino acid concentration value obtained by analyzing blood collected in advance from an individual.
- a method for analyzing amino acids in blood will be briefly described. First, a collected blood sample is collected in a heparinized tube, and then the plasma is separated by centrifuging the tube. All separated plasma samples are stored frozen at -70 ° C. until the measurement of amino acid concentration. Then, at the time of measuring the amino acid concentration, sulfosalicylic acid is added to the plasma sample, and protein removal treatment is performed by adjusting the concentration by 3%.
- the amino acid concentration was measured using an amino acid analyzer based on the principle of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a ninhydrin reaction in a post column.
- HPLC high performance liquid chromatography
- the client apparatus 200 displays the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus. 100 is accessed. Specifically, when the user instructs to update the screen of the web browser 211 of the client device 200, the web browser 211 uses the predetermined communication protocol to evaluate the female genital cancer evaluation according to a predetermined communication protocol. By transmitting to the apparatus 100, a transmission request for a Web page corresponding to the amino acid concentration data transmission screen is made to the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 by routing based on the address.
- an address such as URL
- the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 receives the transmission from the client apparatus 200 at the request interpretation unit 102a, analyzes the content of the transmission, and moves the processing to each unit of the control unit 102 according to the analysis result.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 is a predetermined storage area of the storage unit 106 mainly in the browsing processing unit 102b. Web data for displaying the Web page stored in is acquired, and the acquired Web data is transmitted to the client apparatus 200.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 when there is a web page transmission request corresponding to the amino acid concentration data transmission screen from the user, the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 first uses the control unit 102 to check the user ID and the user password. Ask the user for input. Then, when the user ID and password are input, the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 causes the authentication processing unit 102c to input the input user ID and password and the user ID and password stored in the user information file 106a. Make authentication with user password. Then, the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 transmits Web data for displaying a Web page corresponding to the amino acid concentration data transmission screen to the client apparatus 200 by the browsing processing unit 102b only when authentication is possible.
- the client device 200 is identified by the IP address transmitted from the client device 200 together with the transmission request.
- the client apparatus 200 receives the Web data (for displaying a Web page corresponding to the amino acid concentration data transmission screen) transmitted from the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 by the receiving unit 213, and receives the received Web data. Is interpreted by the Web browser 211, and the amino acid concentration data transmission screen is displayed on the monitor 261.
- step SA-21 when the user inputs / selects individual amino acid concentration data or the like via the input device 250 on the amino acid concentration data transmission screen displayed on the monitor 261, the client device 200 uses the transmission unit 214 to input information and By transmitting an identifier for specifying the selection item to the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100, the amino acid concentration data of the individual to be evaluated is transmitted to the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 (step SA-21).
- the transmission of amino acid concentration data in step SA-21 may be realized by an existing file transfer technique such as FTP.
- the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 interprets the request contents of the client device 200 by interpreting the identifier transmitted from the client device 200 by the request interpreting unit 102a, and the female genital cancer-evaluating device 100a A transmission request for the variable discriminant is made to the database apparatus 400.
- the database device 400 interprets the transmission request from the female genital cancer evaluation device 100 by the request interpreting unit 402a and stores the Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, and the like stored in a predetermined storage area of the storage unit 406.
- a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable (for example, updated latest one.
- a multivariate discriminant can be one fractional expression or the sum of multiple fractional expressions, or a logistic regression, linear discriminant, multiple regression, formula created with support vector machines, formula created with Mahalanobis distance method, positive One of the formula created by the semi-discriminant analysis and the formula created by the decision tree)) to the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 (Step SA-22).
- the multivariate discriminant transmitted to the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 in step SA-22 is any one of cervical cancer, uterine body cancer, ovarian cancer or non-female genital cancer in step SA-26 described later.
- it includes at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg as a variable. It may be a thing.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Gln, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, and Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, and Trp as variables.
- the multivariate discriminant transmitted to the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 in step SA-22 is either cervical cancer or uterine body cancer or non-cervical cancer or non-uterine body cancer in step SA-26 described later.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or a fractional expression with Ile, His, Cit, and Arg as variables.
- the multivariate discriminant transmitted to the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 in step SA-22 is Asn when it is determined in step SA-26 described later whether the cancer is cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer.
- Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg may be included as a variable.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, Met, Val as variables, or Met, His, Cit, Arg as variables.
- the multivariate discriminant transmitted to the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 in step SA-22 is Thr when it is determined in step SA-26, which will be described later, whether uterine cancer or non-uterine cancer.
- Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, and Arg may be included as a variable.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or a fractional expression with Ile, His, Asn, and Cit as variables.
- Gln, His, Lys, Arg as variables, linear discriminant with Gly, Met, Phe, His as variables, linear discriminants with Cit, Ile, His, Arg as variables, or His, Asn, Linear discriminant with Val, Pro, Cit, Ile as variables, or logistic regression with Gln, Gly, His, Arg as variables, logistic regression with Gln, Phe, His, Arg as variables, Gln, Ile, Logistic regression equation with His and Arg as variables or His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit and Ile as variables It may be the logistic regression equation to be.
- the multivariate discriminant transmitted to the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 in step SA-22 is the Thr, Ser when determining whether the cancer is ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer in step SA-26 described later.
- Asn, Gln, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg may be included as a variable.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Orn, Cit, and Met as variables, a fractional expression with Gln, Cit, and Tyr as variables, or a fractional expression with Orn, His, Phe, and Trp as variables, Ser , Cit, Orn, Trp as a variable, linear discriminant with Ser, Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, Phe, Trp, Orn, Lys as linear variables, or His, Trp, Glu, Linear discriminant with Cit, Ile, Orn as variables, Logistic regression with Ser, Cit, Trp, Orn as variables, Logistic regression with Gln, Cit, Ile, Tyr as variables, Asn, Phe, His, Logistic regression equation with Trp as a variable or His, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile, Orn as variables It may be the logistic regression equation.
- the multivariate discriminant transmitted to the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 in step SA-22 is used to determine whether it is a female genital cancer affected risk group or a healthy group in step SA-26 described later. It may include at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, and Arg as a variable.
- the multivariate discriminant can be a linear discriminant having Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables, or a logistic regression equation having Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables. Good.
- the multivariate discriminant transmitted to the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 in step SA-22 determines whether it is any of cervical cancer, uterine body cancer, and ovarian cancer in step SA-26 described later.
- at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg May be included as a variable.
- the multivariate discriminant is an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method using Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, a-ABA as variables, or His, Leu, Ser, Thr, An expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method using Glu, Gln, Ala, and Lys as variables may be used.
- the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 receives and receives the individual amino acid concentration data transmitted from the client apparatus 200 and the multivariate discriminant transmitted from the database apparatus 400 by the receiving unit 102f.
- the amino acid concentration data is stored in a predetermined storage area of the amino acid concentration data file 106b, and the received multivariate discriminant is stored in a predetermined storage area of the multivariate discriminant file 106e4 (step SA-23).
- control unit 102 removes data such as missing values and outliers from the individual amino acid concentration data received in step SA-23 (step SA-24).
- the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 uses the discriminant value calculation unit 102i to determine the amino acid concentration data of the individual from which data such as missing values and outliers have been removed in step SA-24 and the multivariate received in step SA-23. Based on the discriminant, a discriminant value that is the value of the multivariate discriminant is calculated (step SA-25), and the discriminant value calculated in step SA-25 and a preset threshold value are determined by the discriminant value criterion discriminator 102j1. (Cutoff value) and the following 21. 28. One of the determinations shown in FIG. 1 is performed, and the determination result is stored in a predetermined storage area of the evaluation result file 106g (step SA-26).
- Step SA-25 Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, and Ile included in the individual amino acid concentration data are determined. , Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg and at least one concentration value and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, A discriminant value is calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable.
- step SA-26 the calculated discriminant value and a preset threshold value are calculated. (Cutoff value) to determine whether the individual has female or non-female genital cancer Is determined.
- step SA-25 Determination of whether cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer or non-female genital cancer
- step SA-25 Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala included in the amino acid concentration data of the individual , Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr , Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg are calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of them as a variable.
- step SA-26 the calculated discriminant and a preset threshold value ( Cut-off value) to determine whether the individual has cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer or non-female genital cancer Determine whether or not.
- step SA-25 Determination of whether cervical cancer, endometrial cancer or non-cervical cancer, non-endometrial cancer
- step SA-25 Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met
- a discriminant value is calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable.
- step SA-26 the calculated discriminant value and By comparing with the set threshold value (cutoff value), cervical cancer, uterine body cancer or non-cervical cancer, non-uterine body per individual Determine whether it is any of cancer.
- step SA-25 it is determined whether or not cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer is selected from Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg included in the amino acid concentration data of the individual. Calculating a discriminant value based on at least one concentration value and a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Asn, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable;
- SA-26 it is determined whether the individual has cervical cancer or non-cervical cancer by comparing the calculated determination value with a preset threshold value (cut-off value).
- step SA-25 whether Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe included in the individual amino acid concentration data is determined. , His, Trp, Arg, and at least one of Thr, Ser, Asn, Pro, Gly, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Phe, His, Trp, Arg Based on the multivariate discriminant including, the discriminant value is calculated, and in step SA-26, the calculated discriminant value is compared with a preset threshold value (cut-off value), so Determine whether the cancer is non-uterine body cancer.
- a preset threshold value cut-off value
- step SA-25 whether Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe included in the individual amino acid concentration data is determined. , His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Ala, Cit, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys , A discriminant value is calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Arg as a variable, and in step SA-26, the calculated discriminant value is compared with a preset threshold value (cutoff value). Thus, it is determined whether or not each individual has ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer.
- step SA-25 whether Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala, or the like contained in the individual amino acid concentration data is determined. At least one concentration value of Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, Arg, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Glu, Gln, Pro, Gly, Ala,
- a discriminant value is calculated based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Cit, ABA, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Lys, and Arg as a variable.
- -26 compares the calculated discriminant value with a preset threshold value (cut-off value), so It is determined whether the cancer is cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, or ovarian cancer.
- step SA-25 it is determined whether or not the female genital cancer risk group or the healthy group is Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, which are included in the amino acid concentration data of the individual. At least one concentration value of Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Arg, and Thr, Ser, Asn, Gln, Pro, Ala, Val, Met, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, His, Trp, Orn, Based on a multivariate discriminant including at least one of Arg as a variable, a discriminant value is calculated.
- step SA-26 a female genital cancer risk group or a healthy subject is evaluated based on the calculated discriminant value. It is determined whether or not it is a group.
- the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 transmits the discrimination result obtained in step SA-26 to the client apparatus 200 and the database apparatus 400 that are the transmission source of amino acid concentration data in the transmitting unit 102m ( Step SA-27). Specifically, first, the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 creates a web page for displaying the discrimination result in the web page generation unit 102e, and stores the web data corresponding to the created web page in the storage unit 106. Stored in the storage area. Next, after the user inputs a predetermined URL to the Web browser 211 of the client device 200 via the input device 250 and performs the above-described authentication, the client device 200 issues a request for browsing the Web page to the female genital cancer evaluation device 100.
- the browsing processing unit 102b interprets the browsing request transmitted from the client device 200, and stores Web data corresponding to the Web page for displaying the determination result in the storage unit 106. Read from storage area. Then, the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 transmits the read Web data to the client apparatus 200 and transmits the Web data or the determination result to the database apparatus 400 by the transmission unit 102m.
- the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 may notify the user client apparatus 200 of the determination result by e-mail at the control unit 102. Specifically, first, the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 refers to the user information stored in the user information file 106a based on the user ID or the like in the email generation unit 102d according to the transmission timing, Get the user's email address. Next, the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 uses the e-mail generation unit 102d to generate data related to e-mail including the user's name and discrimination result with the acquired e-mail address as the destination. Next, the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 transmits the generated data to the client apparatus 200 of the user by the transmission unit 102m.
- the female genital cancer-evaluating apparatus 100 may transmit the determination result to the user client apparatus 200 using an existing file transfer technology such as FTP.
- control unit 402 receives the discrimination result or Web data transmitted from the female genital cancer evaluation device 100, and stores the received discrimination result or Web data in a predetermined unit of the storage unit 406. Save (accumulate) in the storage area (step SA-28).
- the client device 200 receives the Web data transmitted from the female genital cancer evaluation device 100 by the receiving unit 213, interprets the received Web data by the Web browser 211, and a Web page on which the individual determination result is written. Is displayed on the monitor 261 (step SA-29).
- the client apparatus 200 arbitrarily selects the e-mail transmitted from the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 by a known function of the e-mailer 212.
- the received e-mail is displayed on the monitor 261.
- the user can check the individual discrimination result regarding the female genital cancer by browsing the Web page displayed on the monitor 261.
- the user may print the display content of the Web page displayed on the monitor 261 with the printer 262.
- the user confirms the individual discrimination result regarding the female genital cancer by browsing the e-mail displayed on the monitor 261. can do.
- the user may print the content of the e-mail displayed on the monitor 261 with the printer 262.
- the client device 200 transmits the individual amino acid concentration data to the female genital cancer evaluation device 100, and the database device 400 receives the data from the female genital cancer evaluation device 100.
- a multivariate discriminant for discriminating female genital cancer is transmitted to female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 (1) receives the amino acid concentration data from the client device 200 and receives the multivariate discriminant from the database device 400, and (2) converts the received amino acid concentration data and the multivariate discriminant into the multivariate discriminant.
- the discriminant value is calculated on the basis of (3) the calculated discriminant value is compared with a preset threshold value, and the individual 21. 28. (4) This determination result is transmitted to the client device 200 and the database device 400.
- the client device 200 receives and displays the discrimination result transmitted from the female genital cancer evaluation device 100
- the database device 400 receives and stores the discrimination result transmitted from the female genital cancer evaluation device 100.
- the multivariate discriminant includes a fractional expression with Gln, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, Ile, His, Cit, Arg, Tyr, and Trp.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or Ile, His, Cit, and Arg as variables.
- step SA-26 the above 24.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, Val as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, Met, Val as variables, or Met, His, Cit, Arg as variables.
- a linear discriminant with Gly, Val, His, Arg as variables, a linear discriminant with Gly, Val, Met, Lys as variables, a linear discriminant with Cit, Met, His, Arg as variables, or A linear discriminant using His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys as variables, or a logistic regression equation using Val, Leu, His, Arg as variables, a logistic regression equation using Met, His, Orn, Arg as variables, Logistic regression equation with variables Val, Tyr, His, Arg or His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr Lys may be a logistic regression equation as a variable.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between cervical cancer and non-cervical cancer.
- step SA-26 the above 25.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Lys, His, and Arg as variables, a fractional expression with a-ABA, His, and Met as variables, or Ile, His, Asn, and Cit as variables.
- the multivariate discriminant is a fractional expression with Orn, Cit, Met as variables, a fractional expression with Gln, Cit, Tyr as variables, or a fractional expression with Orn, His, Phe, Trp as variables.
- the multivariate discriminant is expressed by the Mahalanobis distance method using Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, and a-ABA as variables, or His, Leu, Ser, It may be an expression created by the Mahalanobis distance method with Thr, Glu, Gln, Ala, and Lys as variables. Thereby, the discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for discrimination between cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.
- the multivariate discriminant is a linear discriminant using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables, or logistic regression using Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as variables. It may be an expression.
- the two-group discrimination can be performed with higher accuracy by using the discriminant value obtained by the multivariate discriminant particularly useful for the two-group discrimination between the female genital cancer afflicted risk group and the healthy group.
- the multivariate discriminant mentioned above is the method described in International Publication No. 2004/052191 which is an international application by the present applicant, or the method described in International Publication No. 2006/098192 which is an international application by the present applicant. (Multivariate discriminant creation processing described later). If the multivariate discriminant obtained by these methods is used, it is preferable to use the multivariate discriminant for evaluating the state of female genital cancer regardless of the unit of amino acid concentration in the amino acid concentration data as input data. it can.
- the present invention may be implemented in various different embodiments within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims.
- all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually. All or a part of the above can be automatically performed by a known method.
- each illustrated component is functionally conceptual and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated.
- each part of the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 or a processing function provided in each apparatus is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a program interpreted and executed by the CPU.
- CPU Central Processing Unit
- all or any part thereof can be realized, and can also be realized as hardware by wired logic.
- program is a data processing method described in an arbitrary language or description method, and may be in any form such as source code or binary code.
- the “program” is not necessarily limited to a single configuration, but is distributed in the form of a plurality of modules and libraries, or in cooperation with a separate program typified by an OS (Operating System). Includes those that achieve that function.
- the program is recorded on a recording medium and mechanically read by the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 as necessary.
- a reading procedure, an installation procedure after reading, and the like a well-known configuration and procedure can be used.
- “recording medium” includes any “portable physical medium”, any “fixed physical medium”, and “communication medium”.
- the “portable physical medium” is a flexible disk, magneto-optical disk, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM, MO, DVD, or the like.
- the “fixed physical medium” is a ROM, RAM, HD or the like built in various computer systems.
- a “communication medium” is a program that holds a program in a short period of time, such as a communication line or a carrier wave in the case of transmitting a program via a network such as a LAN, WAN, or the Internet.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an example of multivariate discriminant creation processing.
- the multivariate discriminant creation process may be performed by the database apparatus 400 that manages female genital cancer state information.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 stores the female genital cancer state information acquired in advance from the database apparatus 400 in a predetermined storage area of the female genital cancer state information file 106c.
- the female genital cancer evaluation apparatus 100 receives the female genital cancer status information including the female genital cancer status index data and the amino acid concentration data specified in advance by the female genital cancer status information specifying unit 102g, and the designated female genital cancer status information file 106d. Are stored in a predetermined storage area.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h is a candidate multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h1 that creates a predetermined formula from the female genital cancer state information stored in a predetermined storage area of the designated female genital cancer state information file 106d.
- the candidate multivariate discriminant is created based on the above, and the created candidate multivariate discriminant is stored in a predetermined storage area of the candidate multivariate discriminant file 106e1 (step SB-21).
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h is a candidate multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h1, and a plurality of different formula creation methods (principal component analysis, discriminant analysis, support vector machine, multiple regression analysis, logistic regression) Analysis, k-means method, cluster analysis, decision tree, etc. related to multivariate analysis.) Select a desired one from among them, and create candidate multivariate discrimination based on the selected formula creation method Determine the form of the expression (form of the expression).
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h is a candidate multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h1 that performs various calculations (for example, average and variance) corresponding to the selected formula selection method based on the female genital cancer state information.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h determines the calculation result and parameters of the determined candidate multivariate discriminant-expression in the candidate multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h1. Thereby, a candidate multivariate discriminant is created based on the selected formula creation method.
- a candidate multivariate discriminant is created simultaneously and in parallel (in parallel) by using a plurality of different formula creation techniques, the above-described processing may be executed in parallel for each selected formula creation technique.
- a candidate multivariate discriminant is created in series using a combination of different formula creation methods, for example, female genital cancer state information using a candidate multivariate discriminant created by performing principal component analysis And a candidate multivariate discriminant may be created by performing discriminant analysis on the converted female genital cancer state information.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h uses the candidate multivariate discriminant-verifying part 102h2 to verify (mutually verify) the candidate multivariate discriminant created in step SB-21 based on a predetermined verification method.
- the result is stored in a predetermined storage area of the verification result file 106e2 (step SB-22).
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h is a candidate multivariate discriminant-verifying part 102h2 based on the female genital cancer state information stored in a predetermined storage area of the designated female genital cancer state information file 106d.
- the verification data used when verifying the candidate multivariate discriminant is created, and the candidate multivariate discriminant is verified based on the created verification data.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing unit 102h is a candidate multivariate discriminant-verifying unit 102h2.
- Each candidate multivariate discriminant corresponding to the formula creation method is verified based on a predetermined verification method.
- step SB-22 among the discrimination rate, sensitivity, specificity, information criterion, etc. of the candidate multivariate discriminant based on at least one of the bootstrap method, holdout method, leave one out method, etc. You may verify about at least one. Thereby, a candidate index formula having high predictability or robustness in consideration of female genital cancer state information and diagnosis conditions can be selected.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h selects a candidate multivariate discriminant variable from the verification result in step SB-22 based on a predetermined variable selection method in the variable selection part 102h3, A combination of amino acid concentration data included in female genital cancer state information used when creating a multivariate discriminant is selected, and a female genital cancer state information including the selected combination of amino acid concentration data is selected.
- Female genital cancer state information file 106e3 In a predetermined storage area (step SB-23).
- step SB-21 a plurality of candidate multivariate discriminants are created in combination with a plurality of different formula creation methods.
- a predetermined verification method is used for each candidate multivariate discriminant corresponding to each formula creation method.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h uses the variable selection part 102h3 for each candidate multivariate discriminant corresponding to the verification result in step SB-22. Select a variable for the candidate multivariate discriminant based on the variable selection technique.
- the variable of the candidate multivariate discriminant may be selected from the verification result based on at least one of the stepwise method, the best path method, the neighborhood search method, and the genetic algorithm.
- the best path method is a method of selecting variables by sequentially reducing the variables included in the candidate multivariate discriminant one by one and optimizing the evaluation index given by the candidate multivariate discriminant.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h uses the variable selection part 102h3 to select amino acids based on the female genital cancer state information stored in the predetermined storage area of the designated female genital cancer state information file 106d. A combination of density data may be selected.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h determines whether or not all combinations of amino acid concentration data included in the female genital cancer state information stored in the predetermined storage area of the designated female genital cancer state information file 106d have been completed. If the determination result is “end” (step SB-24: Yes), the process proceeds to the next step (step SB-25), and if the determination result is not “end” (step SB In -24: No), the process returns to Step SB-21.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h determines whether or not the preset number of times has ended, and if the determination result is “end” (step SB-24: Yes), the next step (step The process proceeds to SB-25), and if the determination result is not “end” (step SB-24: No), the process may return to step SB-21.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h includes the combination of the amino acid concentration data selected in step SB-23 in the female genital cancer state information stored in the predetermined storage area of the designated female genital cancer state information file 106d. If the determination result is “same” (step SB-24: Yes).
- step SB-25 May advance to the next step (step SB-25), and if the determination result is not “same” (step SB-24: No), the process may return to step SB-21.
- the verification result is specifically an evaluation value related to each candidate multivariate discriminant
- the multivariate discriminant creation unit 102h compares the evaluation value with a predetermined threshold corresponding to each formula creation method. Based on the result, it may be determined whether to proceed to Step SB-25 or to return to Step SB-21.
- the multivariate discriminant-preparing part 102h selects a multivariate discriminant by selecting a candidate multivariate discriminant to be adopted as a multivariate discriminant from a plurality of candidate multivariate discriminants based on the verification result.
- the determined multivariate discriminant (selected candidate multivariate discriminant) is stored in a predetermined storage area of the multivariate discriminant file 106e4 (step SB-25).
- step SB-25 for example, selecting the optimum one from candidate multivariate discriminants created by the same formula creation method and selecting the optimum one from all candidate multivariate discriminants There is a case to do.
- Blood samples from patients with cervical cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer with a definitive diagnosis of cervical cancer, uterine body cancer, ovarian cancer and non-cervical cancer, non-uterine body cancer, non-ovarian cancer group The blood amino acid concentration was measured from the blood sample by the amino acid analysis method described above.
- the patient group of cervical cancer, uterine body cancer, and ovarian cancer is collectively referred to as a cancer patient group, and non-cervical cancer, non-uterine body cancer, non-ovary A cancer group may be referred to as a non-cancer group.
- a group suffering from a benign disease such as uterine fibroids may be referred to as a benign disease group, and other groups may be referred to as healthy groups.
- a group of benign disease group and cancer patient group may be referred to as a female genital cancer risk group.
- FIG. 23 shows a boxplot of the distribution of amino acid variables in the cancer patient group, benign disease group, and healthy group. A box plot is shown in FIG.
- FIG. 25 shows the result of calculating the area under the ROC curve of each amino acid variable for the two-group discrimination between the groups.
- 2-group discrimination between a non-cancer group, a benign disease group or a healthy group and a cancer patient group and 2-group discrimination between a healthy group and a female genital cancer risk group, Asn, Val, Met, Leu, His, Trp , Arg is always within the top 12 with the highest ROC_AUC values.
- Gly, Val, Leu, Phe, His, Lys, and Arg are always within the top 12 with the high ROC_AUC value.
- Example 1 The sample data used in Example 1 was used.
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group is shown in International Publication No.
- the intensive search was carried out using the method described in No. 052191.
- index formula 1 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group is a linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria). ).
- index formula 2 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group is a logistic regression analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria).
- index formula 3 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among a plurality of index formulas having equivalent performance.
- each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 1, the index formula 2, and the index formula 3 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number
- the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant to it.
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance between the cancer patient group and the healthy group is shown in International Publication No. WO 2004/052191, which is an international application by the present applicant.
- the method described in issue No. 1 was eagerly searched.
- index formula 4 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between the cancer patient group and the healthy group is a linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria). Searched by.
- index formula 5 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the discrimination performance between the cancer patient group and the healthy group is a logistic regression analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria). Searched by.
- index formula 6 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 4, the index formula 5 and the index formula 6 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- index formula 7 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 8 is obtained among a plurality of index formulas (see FIG.
- index formula 9 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 7, the index formula 8, and the index formula 9 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between the healthy group and the female genital cancer risk group is an international application filed by the present applicant.
- the intensive search was carried out using the method described in 2004/052191.
- index formula 10 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance of the healthy group and the female genital cancer risk group is expressed by linear discriminant analysis (variable based on the AIC minimum criterion). We searched by the coverage method.
- index formula 11 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between the healthy group and the female genital cancer risk group is a logistic regression analysis (variable based on AIC minimum criteria). We searched by the coverage method.
- index formula 12 (see FIG. 26) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 10, the index formula 11, and the index formula 12 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number
- the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant to it.
- the 2-group discrimination between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group was evaluated by the ROC curve.
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 26 was obtained, and it was found that these visual index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the used data were obtained.
- the ROC curve As a result, diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 26 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the used data were obtained.
- the 2-group discrimination between the cancer patient group and the benign disease group was evaluated by the ROC curve.
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 26 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the used data were obtained.
- the two-group discrimination between healthy group and female genital cancer risk group is evaluated by ROC curve It was.
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 26 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the used data were obtained.
- index formulas 1 to 12 For each of the index formulas 1 to 12, as shown in order from FIG. 27 to FIG. 42, a plurality of index formulas having equivalent discrimination performance were obtained.
- the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIG. 27 to FIG. 42 may be obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / subtracting an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- Example 1 the data of the cervical cancer group, the endometrial cancer group, and the non-cancer group were used.
- an index that maximizes the ability to discriminate between cervical cancer group and uterine cancer group and non-cancer group is an international application filed by the present applicant.
- An eager search was performed using the method described in International Publication No. 2004/052191.
- index formula 13 is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- linear discriminant analysis is used as an index for maximizing 2-group discrimination performance between cervical cancer group and endometrial cancer group and non-cancer group.
- the search was performed by the variable coverage method based on the minimum criterion.
- index formula 14 is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance of the cervical cancer group and the uterine cancer group and the non-cancer group is a logistic regression analysis (AIC).
- index formula 15 (see FIG. 43) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 13, the index formula 14, and the index formula 15 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- an index that maximizes the discrimination performance between cervical cancer group and uterine body cancer group and healthy group is an international application by the present applicant.
- the eager search was carried out using the method described in International Publication No. 2004/052191.
- index formula 16 is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance between the cervical cancer group and the endometrial cancer group and the healthy group is linear discriminant analysis (AIC minimum).
- AIC minimum linear discriminant analysis
- index formula 17 (see FIG. 43) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the discrimination performance between cervical cancer group and uterine body cancer group and healthy group is logistic regression analysis (AIC minimum)
- the search was carried out by the variable coverage method based on criteria.
- index formula 18 (see FIG. 43) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 16, the index formula 17, and the index formula 18 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number
- the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant to it. .
- an index that maximizes the ability to discriminate between cervical cancer group and endometrial cancer group and benign disease group is an international application filed by the present applicant.
- An eager search was performed using the method described in International Publication No. 2004/052191.
- index formula 19 is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- linear discriminant analysis AIC is used as an index for maximizing 2-group discrimination performance between cervical cancer group and endometrial cancer group and benign disease group. The search was performed by the variable coverage method based on the minimum criterion.
- index formula 20 (see FIG. 43) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance of the cervical cancer group and the endometrial cancer group and the benign disease group is a logistic regression analysis (AIC). The search was performed by the variable coverage method based on the minimum criterion. As a result, index formula 21 (see FIG. 43) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 19, the index formula 20, and the index formula 21 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number
- the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant to it.
- the two-group discrimination between the cervical cancer group and the uterine body cancer group and the non-cancer group is evaluated by the ROC curve. It was. As a result, diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 43 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance. Further, as shown in FIG. 43, the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate for the data used were obtained for these index formulas.
- the ROC curve was evaluated for the 2-group discrimination between the cervical cancer group and the uterine body cancer group and the healthy group. .
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 43 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate for the data used were obtained for these index formulas.
- index formulas 19 to 21 In order to verify the diagnostic performance of index formulas 19 to 21 in distinguishing between cervical cancer group and uterine body cancer group, two-group discrimination between cervical cancer group and uterine body cancer group and benign disease group is evaluated by ROC curve. It was. As a result, diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 43 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance. Further, as shown in FIG. 43, the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate for the data used were obtained for these index formulas.
- a plurality of index formulas having equivalent discrimination performance were obtained as shown in order in FIGS. 44 to 55.
- the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 44 to 55 may be values obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- Example 1 data of the cervical cancer group and the non-cancer group were used.
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance between the cervical cancer group and the non-cancer group is an international application filed by the present applicant. / 052191 was eagerly searched using the method described in US Pat. As a result, index formula 22 (see FIG. 56) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between cervical cancer group and non-cancer group is linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage by AIC minimum criteria).
- index formula 23 (see FIG. 56) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 24 (see FIG. 56) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 22, the index formula 23, and the index formula 24 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- index formula 25 (see FIG. 56) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 26 (see FIG. 26).
- index formula 27 (see FIG. 56) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 27 (see FIG. 56) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 25, the index formula 26, and the index formula 27 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance of the cervical cancer group and the benign disease group is an international application filed by the present applicant. / 052191 was eagerly searched using the method described in US Pat. As a result, index formula 28 (see FIG. 56) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the discrimination performance of cervical cancer group and benign disease group is a linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage by AIC minimum criteria). Search). As a result, index formula 29 (see FIG. 56) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 30 (see FIG. 56) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 28, the index formula 29, and the index formula 30 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- the 2-group discrimination between the cervical cancer group and the non-cancer group was evaluated by the ROC curve.
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 56 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the data used were obtained for these index formulas.
- the 2-group discrimination between the cervical cancer group and the healthy group was evaluated by the ROC curve.
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 56 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the data used were obtained for these index formulas.
- the 2-group discrimination between the cervical cancer group and the benign disease group was evaluated by the ROC curve.
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 56 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cutoff value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the data used were obtained for these index formulas.
- index formulas 22 to 30 For each of the index formulas 22 to 30, a plurality of index formulas having equivalent discrimination performance were obtained as shown in order in FIGS. It should be noted that the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 57 to 68 may be obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- Example 1 Among the sample data used in Example 1, data of the endometrial cancer group and the non-cancer group were used. Regarding the discrimination between the cervical cancer group, the endometrial cancer group, and the ovarian cancer group, an index for maximizing the two-group discrimination performance between the endometrial cancer group and the non-cancer group is disclosed in International Publication No. WO 2004/2004. / 052191 was eagerly searched using the method described in US Pat. As a result, index formula 31 (see FIG. 69) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between endometrial cancer group and non-cancer group is linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage by AIC minimum criteria). Search).
- index formula 32 (see FIG. 69) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between endometrial cancer group and non-cancer group is logistic regression analysis (variable coverage by AIC minimum criteria) Search).
- index formula 33 (see FIG. 69) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 31, the index formula 32, and the index formula 33 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number
- the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant to it.
- index formula 34 (see FIG. 69) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 35 (see FIG. 69) is expressed by linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria). ).
- index formula 35 (see FIG. 69).
- index formula 36 (see FIG. 69) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 36 (see FIG. 69) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 34, the index formula 35, and the index formula 36 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- index formula 37 (see FIG. 69) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 38 (see FIG. 69) is a linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage by AIC minimum criteria). Search).
- index formula 38 (see FIG.
- index formula 39 (see FIG. 69) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 37, the index formula 38, and the index formula 39 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant to it. .
- index formulas 31 to 33 In order to verify the diagnostic performance of index formulas 31 to 33 in the discrimination of endometrial cancer groups, the two-group discrimination between endometrial cancer group and non-cancer group was evaluated by ROC curve. As a result, diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 69 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance. In addition, as shown in FIG. 69, for these index formulas, the optimum cut-off value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the used data were obtained.
- the ROC curve was evaluated for the 2-group discrimination between the endometrial cancer group and the healthy group.
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 69 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cut-off value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the used data were obtained.
- the 2-group discrimination between endometrial cancer group and benign disease group was evaluated by ROC curve.
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 69 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cut-off value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the used data were obtained.
- index formulas 31 to 39 For each of the index formulas 31 to 39, a plurality of index formulas having equivalent discrimination performance were obtained as shown in order in FIGS. It should be noted that the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 70 to 81 may be obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / subtracting an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- Example 1 the data of the ovarian cancer group and the non-cancer group were used.
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance of the ovarian cancer group and the non-cancer group is shown in International Publication No.
- An eager search was performed using the method described in No. 052191.
- index formula 40 (see FIG. 82) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between the ovarian cancer group and the non-cancer group is a linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria). ).
- index formula 41 (see FIG. 82) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance of ovarian cancer group and non-cancer group is a logistic regression analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria). ).
- index formula 42 see FIG.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 40, the index formula 41, and the index formula 42 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number
- the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- an index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance between the ovarian cancer group and the healthy group is disclosed in International Publication No. 2004/052191, which is an international application by the present applicant. The method described in issue No. 1 was eagerly searched. As a result, index formula 43 (see FIG. 82) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the performance of 2-group discrimination between ovarian cancer group and healthy group is linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria). Searched by.
- index formula 44 (see FIG. 82) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the discrimination performance between the ovarian cancer group and the healthy group is a logistic regression analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria). Searched by.
- index formula 45 (see FIG. 82) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 43, the index formula 44, and the index formula 45 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number
- the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant to it.
- index formula 46 (see FIG. 82) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 47 (see FIG. 82) is a linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on AIC minimum criteria). ).
- index formula 47 (see FIG. 82
- index formula 48 (see FIG. 82) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- index formula 48 (see FIG. 82) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in the index formula 46, the index formula 47, and the index formula 48 may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- the ROC curve was evaluated for the 2-group discrimination between the ovarian cancer group and the non-cancer group.
- diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 82 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance.
- the optimum cut-off value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the data used were obtained for these index formulas.
- index formulas 43 to 45 In order to verify the diagnostic performance of the index formulas 43 to 45 in the discrimination of the ovarian cancer group, two-group discrimination between the ovarian cancer group and the healthy group was evaluated by the ROC curve. As a result, diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 82 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance. Further, as shown in FIG. 82, the optimum cut-off value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the data used were obtained for these index formulas.
- index formulas 46 to 48 In order to verify the diagnostic performance of the index formulas 46 to 48 in the discrimination of the ovarian cancer group, two-group discrimination between the ovarian cancer group and the benign disease group was evaluated by the ROC curve. As a result, diagnostic performance as shown in FIG. 82 was obtained, and it was found that these index formulas are useful with high diagnostic performance. Further, as shown in FIG. 82, the optimum cut-off value, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and correct answer rate in the data used were obtained for these index formulas.
- index formulas 40 to 48 For each of the index formulas 40 to 48, as shown in order in FIGS. 83 to 94, a plurality of index formulas having equivalent discrimination performance were obtained. Note that the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 83 to 94 may be obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / subtracting an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- Example 1 The sample data used in Example 1 was used.
- An international application filed by the present applicant for an index that maximizes the Spearman rank correlation coefficient among the three groups of cancer patient group, benign disease group, and healthy group for discrimination between cervical cancer group, endometrial cancer group, and ovarian cancer group The method described in International Publication No. 2004/052191, which was a diligent search.
- index formula 49 (see FIG. 95) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance.
- an index that maximizes the Spearman correlation coefficient among the three groups of the cancer patient group, the benign disease group, and the healthy group is a multiple regression analysis (AIC).
- index formula 50 (see FIG. 95) is obtained among the index formulas having equivalent performance. It should be noted that the values of the coefficients in the formulas shown in the index formula 49 and the index formula 50 may be obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- index formulas 49 and 50 For each of the index formulas 49 and 50, a plurality of index formulas having equivalent discrimination performance were obtained as shown in order in FIGS. 96 to 99.
- the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 96 to 99 may be obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- Example 1 data of the cervical cancer group, the endometrial cancer group, and the ovarian cancer group were used.
- an index that maximizes the discrimination performance of cervical cancer group, uterine body cancer group, and ovarian cancer group is the Mahalanobis distance by stepwise variable selection method.
- Cit, Met, Lys, Asn, Ala, Thr, Gln, and a-ABA were obtained as variable group 1.
- the diagnostic performance of cervical cancer group, endometrial cancer group, and ovarian cancer group by variable group 1 was evaluated by the correct answer rate of the discrimination results.
- the correct answer rate for cervical cancer is 90.0%
- the correct answer rate for endometrial cancer is 90.2%
- the correct answer rate for ovarian cancer is 81.0%
- the overall correct answer rate is
- the discriminant performance was as high as 87.1%.
- variable group 1 As shown in FIGS. 101 to 103, a plurality of combinations of amino acid variable groups having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of variable group 1 was obtained.
- the index that maximizes the discrimination performance of cervical cancer group, uterine body cancer group, and ovarian cancer group is a linear discrimination by stepwise variable selection method. Searched by analysis. As a result, a discriminant group consisting of amino acid variables Asn, Pro, Cit, ABA, Val, Ile, Tyr, Phe, Trp, Orn, Lys, and a constant term (see FIG. 104) was obtained as index formula group 1.
- the value of each coefficient in the index formula group 1 may be a value obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying / subtracting an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- the diagnostic performance of the cervical cancer group, endometrial cancer group, and ovarian cancer group by the index formula group 1 was evaluated by the correct answer rate of the discrimination results.
- the correct answer rate for cervical cancer is 55.0%
- the correct answer rate for endometrial cancer is 58.5%
- the correct answer rate for ovarian cancer is 81.0%
- the overall correct answer rate is
- the discrimination performance was as high as 63.4%.
- Example 1 The sample data used in Example 1 was used.
- Example 2 As a comparative example with respect to Example 2 described above, regarding the discrimination between the cervical cancer group, the endometrial cancer group, and the ovarian cancer group, the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group, the healthy group and the benign disease group, the cancer patient group and the healthy group, benign Two groups discrimination performance of disease group and cancer patient group, female genital cancer morbidity risk group and healthy group, index formula 1,10,11, described in International Publication No. 2006/098192 which is an international application by the present applicant 13 was verified. As a result, as shown in FIG. 108, the value of ROC_AUC exceeding the ROC_AUC obtained in Example 2 described above was not obtained by using any formula for each two-group discrimination.
- the multivariate discriminant in the present invention is more suitable for the cervical cancer group, the endometrial cancer group, and the ovarian cancer group than the index formula group described in International Publication No. 2006/098192 which is an international application by the present applicant. It was confirmed that the discrimination performance is high.
- Blood samples from cervical cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer patients with a confirmed diagnosis of cervical cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, and blood from non-cervical cancer, non-uterine cancer, non-ovarian cancer group From the sample, the blood amino acid concentration was measured by the amino acid analysis described above.
- the unit of amino acid concentration is nmol / ml.
- the patient group of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer is collectively referred to as a cancer patient group, and non-cervical cancer, non-uterine body cancer, non-ovary.
- a cancer group may be referred to as a non-cancer group.
- patient groups of cervical cancer and endometrial cancer may be collectively referred to as uterine cancer patient groups.
- a group suffering from a benign disease such as uterine fibroids may be referred to as a benign disease group, and other groups may be referred to as healthy groups.
- a group of benign disease group and cancer patient group may be referred to as a female genital cancer risk group.
- FIG. 109 shows a box plot for the distribution of amino acid variables in the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group.
- the horizontal axis represents a non-cancer group (Control) and a cancer patient group (Cancer), and ABA and Cys in the figure represent ⁇ -ABA ( ⁇ -aminobutyric acid) and Cystine, respectively.
- FIG. 110 shows a box plot of the distribution of amino acid variables in the uterine cancer patient group and the non-uterine cancer group.
- the horizontal axis represents a non-uterine cancer group (Control) and a uterine cancer patient group (Cancer), and ABA and Cys in the figure represent ⁇ -ABA ( ⁇ -aminobutyric acid) and Cystine, respectively.
- FIG. 111 shows a box plot relating to the distribution of amino acid variables in the endometrial cancer patient group and the non-endometrial cancer group.
- the horizontal axis represents the non-uterine body cancer group (Control) and the endometrial cancer patient group (Cancer), and ABA and Cys in FIG. To express.
- FIG. 112 shows a box plot of the distribution of amino acid variables in the cervical cancer patient group and the non-cervical cancer group.
- the horizontal axis represents a non-cervical cancer group (Control) and a cervical cancer patient group (Cancer), and ABA and Cys in FIG. To express.
- FIG. 113 shows a box plot of the distribution of amino acid variables in the ovarian cancer patient group and the non-ovarian cancer group.
- the horizontal axis represents a non-ovarian cancer group (Control) and an ovarian cancer patient group (Cancer), and ABA and Cys in the figure represent ⁇ -ABA ( ⁇ -aminobutyric acid) and Cystine, respectively.
- the discrimination performance of each amino acid variable in the 2-group discrimination between the ovarian cancer patient group and the non-ovarian cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve.
- AUC was greater than 0.65 for amino acid variables His, Trp, Asn, Val, Leu, Met, Thr, Ala, Tyr, Lys, and Arg. This revealed that the amino acid variables His, Trp, Asn, Val, Leu, Met, Thr, Ala, Tyr, Lys, Arg have discriminating ability between the ovarian cancer patient group and the non-ovarian cancer group. .
- FIG. 114 shows a box plot of the distribution of amino acid variables in the female genital cancer risk group and the healthy group.
- the horizontal axis represents a healthy group (Control) and a female genital cancer risk group (Risk), and ABA and Cys in the figure represent ⁇ -ABA ( ⁇ -aminobutyric acid) and Cysine, respectively.
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- An index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group was searched by logistic analysis (variable coverage method based on the area maximization criterion under the ROC curve).
- logistic analysis variable coverage method based on the area maximization criterion under the ROC curve.
- an index formula 51 a logistic regression equation composed of His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr (number coefficients and constant terms of amino acid variables His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr are in order: 0.10000, -0.04378, -0.17879, 0.03911, 0.07852, 0.03566, 5.86036).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 51 in the 2-group discrimination between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 115). As a result, 0.898 ⁇ 0.017 (95% confidence interval is 0.865 to 0.932) was obtained. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 51 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance. Further, regarding the cutoff value in the two-group discrimination between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group based on the index formula 51, when the optimum cutoff value is obtained with respect to the average value of sensitivity and specificity, the cutoff value is ⁇ 1.021. A sensitivity of 85.83% and a specificity of 82.74% were obtained.
- the index formula 51 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of logistic regression equations having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 51 was obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 116, 117, 118, and 119. 116, FIG. 117, FIG. 118, and FIG. 119, the value of each coefficient may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- An index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group was searched by linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on the area maximization criterion under the ROC curve).
- a linear discriminant composed of His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr (the number coefficient and constant term of the amino acid variables His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr are in order ⁇ 0.09793, -0.04270, -0.17595, 0.05477, 0.07512, 0.03331, 6.27211).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 52 in the 2-group discrimination between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 120). As a result, 0.899 ⁇ 0.017 (95% confidence interval is 0.866 to 0.932) was obtained. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 52 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance. Further, regarding the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group based on the index formula 52, the cut-off value becomes ⁇ 0.08697 when the optimum cut-off value is obtained for the average value of sensitivity and specificity. A sensitivity of 85.04% and a specificity of 93.71% were obtained.
- the index formula 52 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of linear discriminants having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 52 was obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 121, 122, 123 and 124. 121, 122, 123, and 124, the value of each coefficient may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding or subtracting an arbitrary real constant to it. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used. All linear discriminants for discriminating between two groups of the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group were extracted by the variable coverage method. At this time, the maximum value of the amino acid variable appearing in each formula was set to 6, and the area under the ROC curve of all formulas satisfying this condition was calculated. At this time, as a result of measuring the frequency of occurrence of each amino acid in an expression having an area under the ROC curve equal to or greater than a certain threshold, Asn, Pro, Met, Ile, Leu, His, Trp, Orn has an area under the ROC curve of 0.7. , 0.75, 0.8, and 0.85, respectively, were confirmed to be always within the top 10 of amino acids extracted with high frequency (see FIG. 125). As a result, it was found that a multivariate discriminant using these amino acids as variables has a discriminating ability between the cancer patient group and the non-cancer group.
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- the index formula 53 a logistic regression equation composed of His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr (the number coefficient and constant term of the amino acid variables His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr are in order ⁇ 0.09298, -0.04434, -0.17139, 0.5732, 0.07267, 0.03790, 4.67230).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 53 in the 2-group discrimination between the uterine cancer patient group and the non-uterine cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 126). As a result, 0.893 ⁇ 0.019 (95% confidence interval is 0.856 to 0.930) was obtained. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 53 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance. Further, regarding the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the uterine cancer patient group and the non-uterine cancer group based on the index formula 53, the optimum cut-off value for the average value of sensitivity and specificity is obtained. As a result, a sensitivity of 87.10% and a specificity of 82.74% were obtained.
- the index formula 53 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of logistic regression equations having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 53 was obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 127, 128, 129 and 130.
- the value of each coefficient in the formulas shown in FIGS. 127, 128, 129, and 130 may be a real number multiplied by it, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant to it. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used. An index that maximizes the two-group discrimination performance between the uterine cancer patient group and the non-uterine cancer group was searched by linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on the area maximization criterion under the ROC curve). As a result, as the index formula 54, a linear discriminant composed of His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr (the number coefficient and constant term of the amino acid variables His, Leu, Met, Cit, Ile, Tyr are in order ⁇ 0.09001, -0.04336, -0.17394, 0.07537, 0.06825, 0.03673, 5.35827).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 54 in the 2-group discrimination between the uterine cancer patient group and the non-uterine cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 131). As a result, 0.898 ⁇ 0.017 (95% confidence interval is 0.865 to 0.932) was obtained. As a result, it was found that the index formula 54 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance. Further, regarding the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the uterine cancer patient group and the non-uterine cancer group based on the index formula 54, when the optimum cut-off value is obtained for the average value of sensitivity and specificity, the cut-off value is -1.
- the index formula 54 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of linear discriminants having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 54 was obtained. They are shown in FIG. 132, FIG. 133, FIG. 134 and FIG. 132, 133, 134, and 135, the value of each coefficient may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding or subtracting an arbitrary real constant to it. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used. All linear discriminants for performing 2-group discrimination between uterine cancer patient groups and non-uterine cancer groups were extracted by the variable coverage method. At this time, the maximum value of the amino acid variable appearing in each formula was set to 6, and the area under the ROC curve of all formulas satisfying this condition was calculated. At this time, as a result of measuring the frequency of appearance of each amino acid in an expression where the area under the ROC curve is equal to or greater than a certain threshold, Pro, Met, Ile, His, Orn are 0.7, 0.75, 0 under the ROC curve. It was confirmed that when the threshold values were set to .8 and 0.85, they were always within the top 10 of the amino acids extracted with high frequency (see FIG. 136). As a result, it was found that the multivariate discriminant using these amino acids as variables has discriminating ability between the two groups of the uterine cancer group and the non-uterine cancer group.
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- the index formula 55 a logistic regression equation composed of His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, and Ile (the number coefficient and constant term of the amino acid variables His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, and Ile are in order ⁇ 0.10149, -0.07968, -0.01336, 0.01018, 0.07129, 0.04046, 4.92397).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 55 in the 2-group discrimination between the endometrial cancer patient group and the non-endometrial cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 137). As a result, 0.8988 ⁇ 0.020 (95% confidence interval is 0.859 to 0.938) was obtained. As a result, it was found that the index formula 55 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the endometrial cancer patient group and the non-endometrial cancer group based on the index formula 55 when the optimum cut-off value is obtained for the average sensitivity and specificity, the cut-off value is ⁇ As a result, the sensitivity was 88.52% and the specificity was 83.06. As a result, it was found that the index formula 55 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of logistic regression equations having a discrimination performance equivalent to the index formula 55 was obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 138, 139, 140 and 141.
- the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 138, 139, 140, and 141 may be values obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding, subtracting, or multiplying any real constant. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- An index for maximizing the two-group discrimination performance between the endometrial cancer patient group and the non-endometrial cancer group was searched by linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on the area maximization criteria under the ROC curve).
- a linear discriminant composed of His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, and Ile (the number coefficient and the constant term of the amino acid variables His, Asn, Val, Pro, Cit, and Ile are in order ⁇ 0.10159, -0.08532, -0.01190, 0.01489, 0.09591, 0.03032, 5.61323).
- the index formula 56 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of linear discriminants having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 56 were obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 143, 144, 145 and 146. 143, 144, 145 and 146 may be obtained by multiplying each coefficient by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used. All linear discriminants for performing 2-group discrimination between the endometrial cancer patient group and the non-endometrial cancer group were extracted by the variable coverage method. At this time, the maximum value of the amino acid variable appearing in each formula was set to 6, and the area under the ROC curve of all formulas satisfying this condition was calculated. At this time, as a result of measuring the frequency of appearance of each amino acid in an expression where the area under the ROC curve is equal to or greater than a certain threshold, Asn, Pro, Cit, Val, Ile, His, and Trp have an area under the ROC curve of 0.7, 0.
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- the index formula 57 a logistic regression formula composed of His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys (the number coefficient and constant term of the amino acid variables Orn, Gln, Trp, Cit are ⁇ 0.08512, -0.07076, -0.23776, 0.07109, 0.04448, 0.01621, 5.37165).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 57 in the 2-group discrimination between the cervical cancer patient group and the non-cervical cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 148). As a result, 0.919 ⁇ 0.020 (95% confidence interval 0.879 to 0.959) was obtained. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 57 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance. Further, regarding the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the cervical cancer patient group and the non-cervical cancer group based on the index formula 57, when the optimum cut-off value is obtained for the average value of sensitivity and specificity, the cut-off value is ⁇ As a result, the sensitivity was 81.11% and the specificity was 85.87%.
- the index formula 57 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of logistic regression equations having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 57 was obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 149, 150, 151 and 152.
- the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 149, 150, 151, and 152 may be values obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant thereto. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- a linear discriminant composed of His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys (the number coefficient and constant term of the amino acid variables His, Leu, Met, Ile, Tyr, Lys are in order ⁇ 0.09598, -0.08891, -0.25487, 0.09919, 0.04440, 0.02223, 7.68576).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 58 in the 2-group discrimination between the cervical cancer patient group and the non-cervical cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 153). As a result, 0.921 ⁇ 0.019 (95% confidence interval 0.883 to 0.959) was obtained. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 58 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance. Further, regarding the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the cervical cancer patient group and the non-cervical cancer group by the index formula 58, when the optimum cut-off value is obtained with respect to the average value of sensitivity and specificity, the cut-off value is ⁇ As a result, the sensitivity was 90.63% and the specificity was 83.39%.
- the index formula 58 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of linear discriminants having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 58 was obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 154, 155, 156 and 157. 154, 155, 156, and 157, the value of each coefficient may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying any real constant to it. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used. All linear discriminants for performing 2-group discrimination between the cervical cancer patient group and the non-cervical cancer group were extracted by the variable coverage method. At this time, the maximum value of the amino acid variable appearing in each formula was set to 6, and the area under the ROC curve of all formulas satisfying this condition was calculated. At this time, as a result of measuring the frequency of occurrence of each amino acid in an expression having an area under the ROC curve equal to or greater than a certain threshold value, Val, Met, Leu, Phe, His, Orn are areas under the ROC curve of 0.7, 0.75. , 0.8, and 0.85, respectively, were confirmed to be always within the top 10 of amino acids extracted with high frequency (see FIG. 158). As a result, it was found that the multivariate discriminant using these amino acids as variables has discriminating ability between the two groups of the cervical cancer group and the non-cervical cancer group.
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- logistic analysis variable coverage method based on the area maximization criteria under the ROC curve.
- an index formula 59 a logistic regression equation composed of His, Trp, Glu, CIt, Ile, Orn (number coefficient and constant terms of amino acid variables His, Trp, Glu, CIt, Ile, Orn are in order- 0.13767-0.11457-0.04031-0.15449, 0.08765, 0.04631, 10.70464).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 59 in the 2-group discrimination between the ovarian cancer patient group and the non-ovarian cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 159). As a result, 0.950 ⁇ 0.016 (95% confidence interval is 0.917 to 0.982) was obtained. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 59 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance. Further, regarding the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the ovarian cancer patient group and the non-ovarian cancer group based on the index formula 59, the cut-off value is ⁇ 1.909 when the optimum cut-off value is obtained for the average value of sensitivity and specificity.
- the index formula 59 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of logistic regression equations having a discrimination performance equivalent to the index formula 59 was obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 160, 161, 162, and 163.
- FIG. 160, FIG. 161, FIG. 162, and FIG. 163, the value of each coefficient in the equations may be a real number multiple thereof, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- a linear discriminant composed of His, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile, Orn (number coefficients and constant terms of the amino acid variables His, Trp, Glu, Cit, Ile, Orn are in order- 0.13983, ⁇ 0.11341, ⁇ 0.04572 ⁇ 0.10368, 0.12160, 0.05459, and 9.79881).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 60 in the 2-group discrimination between the ovarian cancer patient group and the non-ovarian cancer group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 164). As a result, 0.951 ⁇ 0.014 (95% confidence interval is 0.924 to 0.979) was obtained. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 60 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the ovarian cancer patient group and the non-ovarian cancer group based on the index formula 60 when the optimum cut-off value is obtained for the average value of sensitivity and specificity, the cut-off value is 0.09512.
- the index formula 60 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of linear discriminants having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 60 were obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 165, 166, 167 and 168. 165, 166, 167, and 168, the value of each coefficient may be obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant to it. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used. All linear discriminants for discriminating between two groups of ovarian cancer patient groups and non-ovarian cancer groups were extracted by the variable coverage method. At this time, the maximum value of the amino acid variable appearing in each formula was set to 6, and the area under the ROC curve of all formulas satisfying this condition was calculated. At this time, as a result of measuring the frequency of appearance of each amino acid in an expression of a certain threshold value or more in the area under the ROC curve, Asn, Met, Ile, Leu, His, Trp, Orn has an area under the ROC curve of 0.75, 0. It was confirmed that when the threshold values were 0.8, 0.85, and 0.9, they were always within the top 10 of the amino acids extracted with high frequency (see FIG. 169). As a result, it was found that a multivariate discriminant using these amino acids as variables has discriminating ability between the ovarian cancer group and the non-ovarian cancer group.
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used. An index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between the female genital cancer risk group and the healthy group was searched by logistic analysis (variable coverage method based on the area maximization area under the ROC curve). As a result, a logistic regression equation composed of Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg as index formula 61 (number coefficients and constant terms of amino acid variables Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg are sequentially ⁇ 0.06095, -0.11827, -0.14776, 0.01459, 0.03299, -0.03875, 10.40250).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 61 in the 2-group discrimination between the female genital cancer risk group and the healthy group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 170). As a result, 0.903 ⁇ 0.014 (95% confidence interval is 0.876 to 0.930) was obtained. As a result, it was found that the index formula 61 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the female genital cancer morbidity risk group and the healthy group according to the index formula 61 the cut-off value is ⁇ 0. As a result, the sensitivity was 89.14% and the specificity was 76.53%.
- the index formula 61 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of logistic regression equations having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 61 were obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 171, 172, 173 and 174.
- the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 171, 172, 173, and 174 may be obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding / subtracting / dividing any real constant to it. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used.
- An index that maximizes the 2-group discrimination performance between the female genital cancer risk group and the healthy group was searched by linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on the area maximization criteria under the ROC curve).
- a linear discriminant composed of Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg (the number coefficient and the constant term of the amino acid variables Phe, His, Met, Pro, Lys, and Arg are sequentially ⁇ 0.05213, -0.1093, -0.14686, 0.01480, 0.03207, -0.03318, 8.84450).
- the discrimination performance of the index formula 62 in the 2-group discrimination between the female genital cancer disease risk group and the healthy group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve (see FIG. 175). As a result, 0.903 ⁇ 0.014 (95% confidence interval is 0.876 to 0.930) was obtained. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 62 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- the cut-off value in the two-group discrimination between the female genital cancer morbidity risk group and the healthy group based on the index formula 62 the cut-off value is ⁇ 0. As a result, the sensitivity was 88.69% and the specificity was 77.93%.
- the index formula 62 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- a plurality of linear discriminants having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 62 were obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 176, 177, 178 and 179.
- the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 176, 177, 178, and 179 may be obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant thereto. .
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used. All the linear discriminants that discriminate between the two groups of the female genital cancer risk group and the healthy group were extracted by the variable coverage method. At this time, the maximum value of the amino acid variable appearing in each formula was set to 6, and the area under the ROC curve of all formulas satisfying this condition was calculated. At this time, as a result of measuring the frequency of appearance of each amino acid in an expression where the area under the ROC curve is equal to or greater than a certain threshold, Pro, Met, Phe, His, Trp, and Arg are areas under the ROC curve of 0.7, 0.75. , 0.8, and 0.85 as threshold values, respectively, it was confirmed that they were always within the top 10 of amino acids extracted with high frequency (see FIG. 180). As a result, it was found that a multivariate discriminant using these amino acids as variables has a discriminating ability between two groups, the female genital cancer risk group and the healthy group.
- Example 11 The sample data used in Example 11 was used. An index that maximizes the three-group discrimination performance of a cancer patient group, a benign disease group, and a healthy group was searched by linear discriminant analysis (variable coverage method based on Spearman rank correlation coefficient maximization criterion). As a result, the linear discriminant (amino acid variables His, Trp, Met, Pro, Ile composed of the index formula 63 “His, Trp, Met, Pro, Ile, Lys” is included among the plurality of index formulas having equivalent performance. , Lys number coefficient and constant term were -0.02749, -0.01483, -0.04099, 0.00232, 0.01338, 0.00419) "in this order.
- index formula 63 The discrimination performance of index formula 63 in the discrimination of 3 groups of cancer patient group, benign disease group and healthy group was evaluated by Spearman rank correlation coefficient. As a result, 0.728 was obtained. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 63 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance. Further, the discrimination performance of the index formula 63 in the 2-group discrimination of each of the cancer patient group and the healthy group, the cancer patient group and the benign disease group, and the benign disease group and the healthy group was evaluated by the AUC of the ROC curve. As a result, 0.943, 0.757, and 0.841 were obtained for each two-group discrimination. Thereby, it was found that the index formula 63 is a useful index with high diagnostic performance.
- FIGS. 181 and 182 a plurality of linear discriminants having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the index formula 63 was obtained. They are shown in FIGS. 181 and 182.
- the values of the coefficients in the equations shown in FIGS. 181 and 182 may be values obtained by multiplying them by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / subtracting an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- Example 11 data of the cervical cancer group, the uterine body cancer group, and the ovarian cancer group were used.
- variable group 1 in the 3-group discrimination of cervical cancer group, endometrial cancer group, and ovarian cancer group was evaluated by the correct answer rate of the discrimination results.
- the overall correct answer rate was 80.3%, indicating high discrimination performance.
- FIGS. 183 and 184 a plurality of combinations of amino acid variable groups having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of variable group 1 was obtained.
- Example 11 data of the cervical cancer group, the uterine body cancer group, and the ovarian cancer group were used.
- a linear discriminant group 1 consisting of amino acid variables Phe, Trp, Pro, Glu, Cit, Tyr, Lys and a constant term was obtained.
- the value of each coefficient in the linear discriminant group 1 may be a value obtained by multiplying it by a real number, and the value of the constant term may be a value obtained by adding / subtracting / multiplying an arbitrary real constant thereto.
- the discrimination performance of the linear discriminant group 1 in the 3-group discrimination of the cervical cancer group, the endometrial cancer group, and the ovarian cancer group was evaluated by the correct answer rate of the discrimination results. As a result, the overall correct answer rate was as high as 62.2%. As shown in FIGS. 185 and 186, a plurality of combinations of amino acid variable groups constituting a linear discriminant group having a discrimination performance equivalent to that of the linear discriminant group 1 was obtained.
- the method for evaluating female genital cancer according to the present invention can be widely implemented in many industrial fields, particularly in the fields of pharmaceuticals, foods, medical care, etc. This is extremely useful in the field of disease risk prediction.
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[1-1.本発明の概要]
ここでは、本発明にかかる女性生殖器癌の評価方法の概要について図1を参照して説明する。図1は本発明の基本原理を示す原理構成図である。
ここでは、第1実施形態にかかる女性生殖器癌の状態の評価方法について図2を参照して説明する。図2は、第1実施形態にかかる女性生殖器癌の状態の評価方法の一例を示すフローチャートである。
アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、女性生殖器癌または非女性生殖器癌であるか否かを判別する、またはアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、女性生殖器癌または非女性生殖器癌であるか否かを判別する。
アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌、卵巣癌のいずれかまたは非女性生殖器癌であるか否かを判別する、またはアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌、卵巣癌のいずれかまたは非女性生殖器癌であるか否かを判別する。
アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌のいずれかまたは非子宮頸癌、非子宮体癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別する、またはアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌のいずれかまたは非子宮頸癌、非子宮体癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別する。
アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌または非子宮頸癌であるか否かを判別する、またはアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるAsn、Val、Met、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびAsn、Val、Met、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌または非子宮頸癌であるか否かを判別する。
アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮体癌または非子宮体癌であるか否かを判別する、またはアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮体癌または非子宮体癌であるか否かを判別する。
アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、卵巣癌または非卵巣癌であるか否かを判別する、またはアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、卵巣癌または非卵巣癌であるか否かを判別する。
アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌、卵巣癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別する、またはアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Glu、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、ABA、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Glu、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、ABA、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌、卵巣癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別する。
アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、女性生殖器癌罹患リスク群または健常群であるか否かを判別する、またはアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、女性生殖器癌罹患リスク群または健常群であるか否かを判別する。
以上、詳細に説明したように、第1実施形態にかかる女性生殖器癌の評価方法によれば、(1)個体から採取した血液からアミノ酸濃度データを測定し、(2)測定した個体のアミノ酸濃度データから欠損値や外れ値などのデータを除去し、(3)欠損値や外れ値などのデータが除去された個体のアミノ酸濃度データや、アミノ酸の濃度を変数とする予め設定した多変量判別式に基づいて、個体につき、上記11.~18.に示す判別のいずれか1つを行う。これにより、血液中のアミノ酸の濃度のうち、女性生殖器癌と非女性生殖器癌との2群判別や子宮頸癌、子宮体癌、卵巣癌のいずれかと非女性生殖器癌との判別、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌のいずれかと非子宮頸癌、非子宮体癌のいずれかとの判別、子宮頸癌と非子宮頸癌との2群判別、子宮体癌と非子宮体癌との2群判別、卵巣癌と非卵巣癌との2群判別、子宮頸癌と子宮体癌と卵巣癌との判別に有用なアミノ酸の濃度を利用して、これらの2群判別やこれらの判別を精度よく行うことができる。また、女性生殖器癌と非女性生殖器癌との2群判別や子宮頸癌、子宮体癌、卵巣癌のいずれかと非女性生殖器癌との判別、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌のいずれかと非子宮頸癌、非子宮体癌のいずれかとの判別、子宮頸癌と非子宮頸癌との2群判別、子宮体癌と非子宮体癌との2群判別、卵巣癌と非卵巣癌との2群判別、女性生殖器癌罹患リスク群と健常群との2群判別、子宮頸癌と子宮体癌と卵巣癌との判別に特に有用な多変量判別式で得られる判別値を利用して、これらの2群判別やこれらの判別をさらに精度よく行うことができる。
[2-1.本発明の概要]
ここでは、本発明にかかる女性生殖器癌評価装置、女性生殖器癌評価方法、女性生殖器癌評価システム、女性生殖器癌評価プログラムおよび記録媒体の概要について、図3を参照して説明する。図3は本発明の基本原理を示す原理構成図である。
ここでは、第2実施形態にかかる女性生殖器癌評価システム(以下では本システムと記す場合がある。)の構成について、図4から図20を参照して説明する。なお、本システムはあくまでも一例であり、本発明はこれに限定されない。
ここでは、以上のように構成された本システムで行われる女性生殖器癌評価サービス処理の一例を、図21を参照して説明する。図21は、女性生殖器癌評価サービス処理の一例を示すフローチャートである。
ステップSA-25では、個体のアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、ステップSA-26では、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、女性生殖器癌または非女性生殖器癌であるか否かを判別する。
ステップSA-25では、個体のアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、ステップSA-26では、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌、卵巣癌のいずれかまたは非女性生殖器癌であるか否かを判別する。
ステップSA-25では、個体のアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、ステップSA-26では、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌のいずれかまたは非子宮頸癌、非子宮体癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別する。
ステップSA-25では、個体のアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるAsn、Val、Met、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびAsn、Val、Met、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、ステップSA-26では、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌または非子宮頸癌であるか否かを判別する。
ステップSA-25では、個体のアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、ステップSA-26では、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮体癌または非子宮体癌であるか否かを判別する。
ステップSA-25では、個体のアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、ステップSA-26では、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、卵巣癌または非卵巣癌であるか否かを判別する。
ステップSA-25では、個体のアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Glu、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、ABA、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Glu、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、ABA、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、ステップSA-26では、算出した判別値と予め設定された閾値(カットオフ値)とを比較することで、個体につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌、卵巣癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別する。
ステップSA-25では、個体のアミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つの濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つを変数として含む多変量判別式に基づいて、判別値を算出し、ステップSA-26では、算出した判別値に基づいて、評価対象につき、女性生殖器癌罹患リスク群または健常群であるか否かを判別する。
以上、詳細に説明したように、女性生殖器癌評価システムによれば、クライアント装置200は個体のアミノ酸濃度データを女性生殖器癌評価装置100へ送信し、データベース装置400は女性生殖器癌評価装置100からの要求を受けて女性生殖器癌の判別用の多変量判別式を女性生殖器癌評価装置100へ送信する。そして、女性生殖器癌評価装置100は、(1)クライアント装置200からアミノ酸濃度データを受信すると共にデータベース装置400から多変量判別式を受信し、(2)受信したアミノ酸濃度データおよび多変量判別式に基づいて判別値を算出し、(3)算出した判別値と予め設定した閾値とを比較することで、個体につき、上記21.~28.に示す判別のいずれか1つを行い、(4)この判別結果をクライアント装置200やデータベース装置400へ送信する。そして、クライアント装置200は女性生殖器癌評価装置100から送信された判別結果を受信して表示し、データベース装置400は女性生殖器癌評価装置100から送信された判別結果を受信して格納する。これにより、女性生殖器癌と非女性生殖器癌との2群判別や子宮頸癌、子宮体癌、卵巣癌のいずれかと非女性生殖器癌との判別、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌のいずれかと非子宮頸癌、非子宮体癌のいずれかとの判別、子宮頸癌と非子宮頸癌との2群判別、子宮体癌と非子宮体癌との2群判別、卵巣癌と非卵巣癌との2群判別、女性生殖器癌罹患リスク群と健常群との2群判別、子宮頸癌と子宮体癌と卵巣癌との判別に特に有用な多変量判別式で得られる判別値を利用して、これらの2群判別やこれらの判別をさらに精度よく行うことができる。
102 制御部
102a 要求解釈部
102b 閲覧処理部
102c 認証処理部
102d 電子メール生成部
102e Webページ生成部
102f 受信部
102g 女性生殖器癌状態情報指定部
102h 多変量判別式作成部
102h1 候補多変量判別式作成部
102h2 候補多変量判別式検証部
102h3 変数選択部
102i 判別値算出部
102j 判別値基準評価部
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102k 結果出力部
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104 通信インターフェース部
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106c 女性生殖器癌状態情報ファイル
106d 指定女性生殖器癌状態情報ファイル
106e 多変量判別式関連情報データベース
106e1 候補多変量判別式ファイル
106e2 検証結果ファイル
106e3 選択女性生殖器癌状態情報ファイル
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106f 判別値ファイル
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Claims (19)
- 評価対象から採取した血液からアミノ酸の濃度値に関するアミノ酸濃度データを測定する測定ステップと、
前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、子宮頸癌、子宮体癌および卵巣癌のうち少なくとも1つを含む女性生殖器癌の状態を評価する濃度値基準評価ステップと
を含むことを特徴とする女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記濃度値基準評価ステップは、
前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記女性生殖器癌または非女性生殖器癌であるか否か、前記子宮頸癌、前記子宮体癌、前記卵巣癌のいずれかまたは前記非女性生殖器癌であるか否か、前記子宮頸癌、前記子宮体癌のいずれかまたは非子宮頸癌、非子宮体癌のいずれかであるか否か、前記子宮頸癌または前記非子宮頸癌であるか否か、前記子宮体癌または前記非子宮体癌であるか否か、前記卵巣癌または非卵巣癌であるか否か、女性生殖器癌罹患リスク群または健常群であるか否か、または、前記子宮頸癌、前記子宮体癌、前記卵巣癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別する濃度値基準判別ステップ
をさらに含むこと
を特徴とする請求項1に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記濃度値基準評価ステップは、
前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値、および前記アミノ酸の濃度を変数とする予め設定した多変量判別式に基づいて、当該多変量判別式の値である判別値を算出する判別値算出ステップと、
前記判別値算出ステップで算出した前記判別値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記女性生殖器癌の状態を評価する判別値基準評価ステップと
をさらに含み、
前記多変量判別式は、Thr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを前記変数として含むこと
を特徴とする請求項1に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記判別値基準評価ステップは、
前記判別値算出ステップで算出した前記判別値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記女性生殖器癌または非女性生殖器癌であるか否か、前記子宮頸癌、前記子宮体癌、前記卵巣癌のいずれかまたは前記非女性生殖器癌であるか否か、前記子宮頸癌、前記子宮体癌のいずれかまたは非子宮頸癌、非子宮体癌のいずれかであるか否か、前記子宮頸癌または前記非子宮頸癌であるか否か、前記子宮体癌または前記非子宮体癌であるか否か、前記卵巣癌または非卵巣癌であるか否か、女性生殖器癌罹患リスク群または健常群であるか否か、または、前記子宮頸癌、前記子宮体癌、前記卵巣癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別する判別値基準判別ステップ
をさらに含むこと
を特徴とする請求項3に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記多変量判別式は、1つの分数式または複数の前記分数式の和、またはロジスティック回帰式、線形判別式、重回帰式、サポートベクターマシンで作成された式、マハラノビス距離法で作成された式、正準判別分析で作成された式、決定木で作成された式のいずれか1つであること
を特徴とする請求項4に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記判別値算出ステップは、前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つを前記変数として含む前記多変量判別式に基づいて、前記判別値を算出し、
前記判別値基準判別ステップは、前記判別値算出ステップで算出した前記判別値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記子宮頸癌、前記子宮体癌、前記卵巣癌のいずれかまたは前記非女性生殖器癌であるか否かを判別すること
を特徴とする請求項5に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記多変量判別式は、Gln、His、Argを前記変数とする前記分数式、a-ABA、His、Metを前記変数とする前記分数式、Ile、His、Cit、Arg、Tyr、Trpを前記変数とする前記分数式もしくはa-ABA、Cit、Metを前記変数とする前記分数式、Gly、Val、His、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Gly、a-ABA、Met、Hisを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Ala、Ile、His、Trp、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Gly、Cit、Met、Pheを前記変数とする前記線形判別式もしくはHis、Leu、Met、Cit、Ile、Tyrを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、またはVal、Leu、His、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、a-ABA、Met、Tyr、Hisを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Val、Ile、His、Trp、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Cit、a-ABA、Met、Tyrを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式もしくはHis、Leu、Met、Cit、Ile、Tyrを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式であること
を特徴とする請求項6に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記判別値算出ステップは、前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを前記変数として含む前記多変量判別式に基づいて、前記判別値を算出し、
前記判別値基準判別ステップは、前記判別値算出ステップで算出した前記判別値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記子宮頸癌、前記子宮体癌のいずれかまたは前記非子宮頸癌、前記非子宮体癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別すること
を特徴とする請求項5に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記多変量判別式は、Lys、His、Argを前記変数とする前記分数式、a-ABA、His、Metを前記変数とする前記分数式もしくはIle、His、Cit、Argを前記変数とする前記分数式、Gly、Val、His、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Gly、Phe、His、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Cit、Ile、His、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式もしくはHis、Leu、Met、Cit、Ile、Tyrを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、またはVal、His、Lys、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Thr、a-ABA、Met、Hisを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Cit、Ile、His、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式もしくはHis、Leu、Met、Cit、Ile、Tyrを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式であること
を特徴とする請求項8に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記判別値算出ステップは、前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるAsn、Val、Met、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値、およびAsn、Val、Met、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを前記変数として含む前記多変量判別式に基づいて、前記判別値を算出し、
前記判別値基準判別ステップは、前記判別値算出ステップで算出した前記判別値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記子宮頸癌または前記非子宮頸癌であるか否かを判別すること
を特徴とする請求項5に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記多変量判別式は、a-ABA、His、Valを前記変数とする前記分数式、a-ABA、Met、Valを前記変数とする前記分数式もしくはMet、His、Cit、Argを前記変数とする前記分数式、Gly、Val、His、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Gly、Val、Met、Lysを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Cit、Met、His、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式もしくはHis、Leu、Met、Ile、Tyr、Lysを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、またはVal、Leu、His、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Met、His、Orn、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Val、Tyr、His、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式もしくはHis、Leu、Met、Ile、Tyr、Lysを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式であること
を特徴とする請求項10に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記判別値算出ステップは、前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Pro、Gly、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Phe、His、Trp、Argのうち少なくとも1つを前記変数として含む前記多変量判別式に基づいて、前記判別値を算出し、
前記判別値基準判別ステップは、前記判別値算出ステップで算出した前記判別値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記子宮体癌または前記非子宮体癌であるか否かを判別すること
を特徴とする請求項5に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記多変量判別式は、Lys、His、Argを前記変数とする前記分数式、a-ABA、His、Metを前記変数とする前記分数式もしくはIle、His、Asn、Citを前記変数とする前記分数式、Gln、His、Lys、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Gly、Met、Phe、Hisを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Cit、Ile、His、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式もしくはHis、Asn、Val、Pro、Cit、Ileを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、またはGln、Gly、His、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Gln、Phe、His、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Gln、Ile、His、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式もしくはHis、Asn、Val、Pro、Cit、Ileを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式であること
を特徴とする請求項12に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記判別値算出ステップは、前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Ala、Cit、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを前記変数として含む前記多変量判別式に基づいて、前記判別値を算出し、
前記判別値基準判別ステップは、前記判別値算出ステップで算出した前記判別値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記卵巣癌または前記非卵巣癌であるか否かを判別すること
を特徴とする請求項5に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記多変量判別式は、Orn、Cit、Metを前記変数とする前記分数式、Gln、Cit、Tyrを前記変数とする前記分数式もしくはOrn、His、Phe、Trpを前記変数とする前記分数式、Ser、Cit、Orn、Trpを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Ser、Cit、Ile、Ornを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、Phe、Trp、Orn、Lysを前記変数とする前記線形判別式もしくはHis、Trp、Glu、Cit、Ile、Ornを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、またはSer、Cit、Trp、Ornを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Gln、Cit、Ile、Tyrを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式、Asn、Phe、His、Trpを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式もしくはHis、Trp、Glu、Cit、Ile、Ornを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式であること
を特徴とする請求項14に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記判別値算出ステップは、前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Gln、Pro、Ala、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Argのうち少なくとも1つを前記変数として含む前記多変量判別式に基づいて、前記判別値を算出し、
前記判別値基準判別ステップは、前記判別値算出ステップで算出した前記判別値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記女性生殖器癌罹患リスク群または前記健常群であるか否かを判別すること
を特徴とする請求項5に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記多変量判別式は、Phe、His、Met、Pro、Lys、Argを前記変数とする前記線形判別式、またはPhe、His、Met、Pro、Lys、Argを前記変数とする前記ロジスティック回帰式であること
を特徴とする請求項16に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記判別値算出ステップは、前記測定ステップで測定した前記評価対象の前記アミノ酸濃度データに含まれるThr、Ser、Asn、Glu、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、ABA、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つの前記濃度値、およびThr、Ser、Asn、Glu、Gln、Pro、Gly、Ala、Cit、ABA、Val、Met、Ile、Leu、Tyr、Phe、His、Trp、Orn、Lys、Argのうち少なくとも1つを前記変数として含む前記多変量判別式に基づいて、前記判別値を算出し、
前記判別値基準判別ステップは、前記判別値算出ステップで算出した前記判別値に基づいて、前記評価対象につき、前記子宮頸癌、前記子宮体癌、前記卵巣癌のいずれかであるか否かを判別すること
を特徴とする請求項5に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。 - 前記多変量判別式は、Cit、Met、Lys、Asn、Ala、Thr、Gln、a-ABAを前記変数とする前記マハラノビス距離法で作成された式、またはHis、Leu、Ser、Thr、Glu、Gln、Ala、Lysを前記変数とする前記マハラノビス距離法で作成された式であること
を特徴とする請求項18に記載の女性生殖器癌の評価方法。
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