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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Sengul Tozlu
PROVIDER: E-TABM-72 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of molecular endocrinology 20071001 4
The estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) status of breast tumors is used to identify patients who may respond to endocrine agents such as tamoxifen. However, ER alpha status alone is not perfectly predictive, and there is a pressing need for more reliable markers of endocrine responsiveness. In this aim, we used a two-step strategy. We first screened genes of interest by a pangenomic 44 K oligonucleotide microarray in a series of ten ER alpha-positive tumors from five tamoxifen-treated postmenopau ...[more]