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Gene Expression Profiling Identifies ER+/PR- Breast Cancer That's Tied to Poor Patient Outcome
Gene Expression Profile for ER+/PR- Breast Cancer
M.G. Sullivan
20071117
2007 Dec 17
Elsevier Global Medical News
Gene Expression Profiling Identifies ER+/PR- Breast Cancer That's Tied to Poor Patient Outcome
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2007 Dec 17, M.G. Sullivan
SAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - Gene expression profiling may eventually provide a better way than routine clinical assays to pinpoint a distinct molecular subtype of estrogen receptor-positive and progesterone receptor-negative breast tumor associated with a poor patient outcome, Chad Creighton, Ph.D., reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.These tumors were found to share gene expression patterns with both ER+/PR+ and ER-/PR- tumors in a study he conducted of RNA expression in more than 1,000...
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