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Breast Cancer
Flow technique could simplify targeting cancer therapy
March 2nd, 2006
A quick and simple technique to characterize breast cancer cells may expedite and improve treatment decisions, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago report in the journal Experimental and Molecular Pathology. The researchers found they could use a fast lab test called flow cytometry to determine the level of expression of molecular markers of breast cancer in four established breast cancer cell lines. Doctors routinely examine breast cancer tissue for these markers to characterize tumor type and determine prognosis using standard techniques. But these tests may take weeks to produce results. In flow cytometry, cells pass in a...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-02)
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