Doctors Can Unmask Deceptive High-risk Breast Tumors Using Genetic Profile
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 15:14
in Health & Medicine
A unique genetic signature can alert physicians to high-risk breast tumors that are masquerading as low-risk tumors, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and collaborating institutions. Although these tumors are apparently estrogen-receptor positive -- meaning they should depend on estrogen to grow -- they don't respond well to anti-estrogen therapy.