摘要:
A method for determining the benign or malignant state of a breast tumor in a biological sample is presented. The benign or malignant state is determined by measuring the variation of expression of twelve genes and at least one variant of each of the twelve genes when the variants exist, using a combination of 50 polynucleotide probe sets. An expression profile of the sample is then compared with reference expression profiles of control benign and malignant breast tissues. The probe sets can be arranged in a microarray.
摘要:
A method for assessing the proliferative state of cells in a human or non-human biological sample uses Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1) subunits as proliferation markers. The method can be used for breast cancer prognosis or diagnosis, and monitoring tumor response in therapy.