Breast Cancer

Researchers find groups of genes associated with different types and stages

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 16th, 2002

A method of rapidly "scanning" thousands of genes has revealed groups of genes associated with different types and stages of breast cancer. Some genes also appear to be able to indicate women's chances of survival, according to research presented at the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference.

Dr. Christos Sotiriou, head of the the microarray facility at the Jules Bordet Institute, Free University of Brussels, Belgium, told the conference that his multinational group had collaborated with Dr. Adrian Harris (Oxford) and the National Cancer Institute (U.S.), to study samples from 99 patients whose clinical outcomes were known. Using a microchip containing fragments of...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-05-16)

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