The present invention discloses a method for screening tumor prognosis molecular markers specifically expressed by individual sample
cell subpopulations. First, the
gene expression data is analyzed and decomposed to obtain estimates of
population cell subpopulation-specific expression; then, by combining it with
clinical information, a prognostic evaluation of
population cell subpopulation-specific expression is obtained, and
cell subpopulations with significant survival differences are further decomposed to obtain estimates of individual sample cell subpopulation-specific expression; finally, by constructing a co-expression module of
cell subpopulations, genes with a high degree of
connectivity are obtained as tumor prognosis molecular markers for tumor
molecular typing and prognosis evaluation. The invention is applied to
breast cancer tumors. The tumor prognosis molecular markers obtained by this method are used to type
breast cancer. This is a
molecular typing of
breast cancer at the level of individual cell subpopulation heterogeneity. This
typing method is more capable of explaining the changes and development of the
disease in a complex biological environment, laying the foundation for the design of targeted drugs.