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Genetic classification of lung tumors
Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20011122-02
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The microscopic distinction of lung cancer into squamous, large cell, small cell, and adenocarcinoma gives essential information about the prognosis of the disease. Two papers in November 20 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that DNA microarray studies of crudely dissected lung tumors can be used to detect tumor subtypes that correlate with biological and clinical phenotypes.
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