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Article: Breast cancer test tech IDs advanced colon cancer genes.(Clinical report)
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- Diagnostics & Imaging Week
- Article date:
- June 8, 2006
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ASCO notebook
Breast cancer test tech IDs advanced colon cancer genes
A Diagnostics & Imaging Week Staff Report
The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP; Pittsburgh) and Genomic Health (Redwood, California) reported positive results of a study that identified genes associated with prognosis in patients with Stage II and III colon cancer treated with surgery at the 42nd annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO; Alexandria, Virgnia), ongoing this week in Atlanta
Results from this study, which used the same RT-PCR technology Genomic Health applies in its Oncotype DX breast cancer test service, ...