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Breast Cancer
Studies from B.K. Tan and colleagues provide new data on breast cancer
March 20th, 2008
According to a study from Singapore, Singapore, "Current histopathologic systems for classifying breast tumors require evaluation of multiple variables and are often associated with significant interobserver variability. Recent studies suggest that gene expression profiles may represent a promising alternative for clinical cancer classification." "Here, we investigated the use of a customized microarray as a potential tool for clinical practice. We fabricated custom 188-gene microarrays containing expression signatures for three breast cancer molecular subtypes [luminal/estrogen receptor (ER) positive; human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), and ''basaloid''],...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-20)
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