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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
DISEASE(S): head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
SUBMITTER: Paul Roepman
PROVIDER: E-TABM-152 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Roepman Paul P de Koning Erica E van Leenen Dik D de Weger Roel A RA Kummer J Alain JA Slootweg Piet J PJ Holstege Frank C P FC
Genome biology 20060101 12
<h4>Background</h4>Metastasis, the process whereby cancer cells spread, is in part caused by an incompletely understood interplay between cancer cells and the surrounding stroma. Gene expression studies typically analyze samples containing tumor cells and stroma. Samples with less than 50% tumor cells are generally excluded, thereby reducing the number of patients that can benefit from clinically relevant signatures.<h4>Results</h4>For a head-neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) primary tumor ex ...[more]