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01-05-2008 | Poster presentation
Identification and definition of novel clinical phenotypes of breast cancer through consensus derived from automated clustering methods
Authors:
AR Green, JM Garibaldi, D Soria, F Ambrogi, G Ball, PJG Lisboa, TA Etchells, P Boracchi, E Biganzoli, RD Macmillan, RW Blamey, DG Powe, EA Rakha, IO Ellis
Published in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Special Issue 2/2008
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Excerpt
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease for which several forms have recently been identified on the basis of their gene expression characteristics [
1]. We have previously demonstrated that protein expression characteristics can be used to identify comparable classes [
2]. In the present study we extend this approach using improved biostatistical methods to confirm the validity of such an approach and to further define the key criteria for class membership. …