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Data from University of Michigan, Comprehensive Cancer Center provide new insights into breast cancer therapy

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 1st, 2008

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Use of gene-expression profiling to recommend adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.' "One of the primary challenges in the treatment of patients with early-stage breast cancer is determining which patients will benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. Traditionally, treatment decisions have been made based on a combination of tumor characteristics and patient and physician perspectives regarding risks and benefits," scientists in the United States report.

"Recent technologic advances, including the development of gene-expression arrays, have led to the identification of molecular signatures that provide prognostic information...

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