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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: bas kreike
PROVIDER: E-NCMF-2 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Breast cancer research : BCR 20070101 5
<h4>Introduction</h4>Breast cancer is a heterogeneous group of tumors, and can be subdivided on the basis of histopathological features, genetic alterations and gene-expression profiles. One well-defined subtype of breast cancer is characterized by a lack of HER2 gene amplification and estrogen and progesterone receptor expression ('triple-negative tumors'). We examined the histopathological and gene-expression profile of triple-negative tumors to define subgroups with specific characteristics, ...[more]