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Breast Cancer
Recent findings in breast cancer described by B. Gazic and colleagues
November 6th, 2008
"The prognostic significance of DNA ploidy and the S-phase fraction (SPF) have been extensively studied in breast cancer, but their clinical utility remains controversial. The type of tumour material can substantially influence flow cytometric DNA measurements," scientists writing in the journal Cytopathology report. "Material obtained by fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy is very suitable for flow cytometric DNA analysis because it contains a low proportion of non-tumour cells and less debris than tissue samples. The prognostic significance of DNA ploidy and SPF, determined on FNA samples, was analysed in 770 breast cancer patients, diagnosed between 1992 and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-06)
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