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tumor analysis method identifies high - risk prostate cancer: Cancer cells» genetic pathways show which patients are likely to develop aggressive types of the disease.»
Not exact matches
While several techniques are currently available to assess EGFR mutation status, these
methods require
tumor biopsies and can often fail or have poor reproducibility due to insufficient material for mutation
analysis.
This
method will facilitate the
analysis of patient
tumors and the selection of the most appropriate therapy based on the individualized features of each patient's cancer subtype.
A pair of biostatisticians» questions about a prominent genetics group at Duke University have not only raised doubts about a popular
method of
tumor analysis but also led to accusations that a cancer researcher had padded his resumé.
In tests on 8 patients based on collaborations with NYU and Cornell University medical centers, the CSHL testing
method yielded assessments of
tumors that more closely matched the verdict of post-surgical pathological
analysis (which reveal actual pathology) than the corresponding pre-surgical predictive biopsies, according to first author Joan Alexander, Ph.D..
My research interests include computational
methods for analyzing
tumor heterogeneity, driver gene identification in cancer, and detecting bias in biological network
analyses.
Bethesda, Md., Wed., May 1, 2013 - A comprehensive genomic
analysis of nearly 400 endometrial
tumors suggests that certain molecular characteristics - such as the frequency of mutations - could complement current pathology
methods and help distinguish between principal types of endometrial
tumors, as well as provide insights into potential treatment strategies.
Assessment of intra - and inter-
tumor heterogeneity and primary and metastatic
tumor expression was performed using a
method of Automated Quantitative
Analysis (AQUA).
His
method involves combining an
analysis of
tumor markers in mitochondrial DNA from blood draws and diffusion MRI data.