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.

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