IGR_EPENDYMOMA_STUDY_MP
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ABSTRACT: Goal of the experiment Recurrence is a frequent phenomenon in intracranial childhood ependymomas. To understand this process, we investigated whether the gene expression profiling of matched ependymomas at diagnosis and at relapse could reveal key molecular events involved in tumor progression. To gain new insight in this process and identify pathways associated with recurrence, we compared the gene expression profiles of local recurrences with the corresponding initial tumors. Brief description We analyzed 17 tumor samples at diagnosis and a total of 27 paired recurrences. Recurrences analyzed occurred after surgery only in 12 cases, surgery plus chemotherapy only in 9 cases and any treatment plus radiotherapy in 6 cases. We compared the level of gene expression for each tumor at recurrence relative to its expression at diagnosis using Agilent 44K dual color gene expression microarrays.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Philippe DESSEN
PROVIDER: E-TABM-873 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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