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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Zhenhua Chen
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-49246 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Zhang Jia-Xing JX Song Wu W Chen Zhen-Hua ZH Wei Jin-Huan JH Liao Yi-Ji YJ Lei Jian J Hu Ming M Chen Geng-Zhen GZ Liao Bing B Lu Jian J Zhao Hong-Wei HW Chen Wei W He Yu-Long YL Wang Hui-Yun HY Xie Dan D Luo Jun-Hang JH
The Lancet. Oncology 20131113 13
<h4>Background</h4>Current staging methods do not accurately predict the risk of disease recurrence and benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy for patients who have had surgery for stage II colon cancer. We postulated that expression patterns of multiple microRNAs (miRNAs) could, if combined into a single model, improve postoperative risk stratification and prediction of chemotherapy benefit for these patients.<h4>Method</h4>Using miRNA microarrays, we analysed 40 paired stage II colon cancer tumours ...[more]