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International Agency for Research on Cancer Workshop on 'Expression array analyses in breast cancer taxonomy'

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: In May 2006, a workshop on Expression array analyses in breast cancer taxonomy was held at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The workshop covered an array of topics from the validity of the currently defined breast tumor subtypes and other expression profile-based signatures to the technical limitations of expression analysis and the types of platforms on which these omics results will eventually reach clinical practice. Overall, the workshop participants believed firmly that tumor taxonomy is likely to yield improved prognostic and predictive markers. Even so, further standardization and validation are required before clinical trials are set in motion.

Source: Breast Cancer Research

DOI: 10.1186/bcr1609

Authors: Sean V Tavtigian, Marco A Pierotti, Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale

Institutions: Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

Language: English

Topic: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies

Subfield: Cancer Research

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,190