Genomic Health Study Shows Breast Cancers In Men Display Very Similar Gene Signatures To Those In Women

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  May 30, 2009

EXCERPT: " ....  breast cancer in men displays similar gene signatures to female breast cancer."    more

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Poster presentation on Monday, June 1 (1:00 - 5:00 p.m. ET)
S. Shak, G. Palmer, F. L. Baehner, C. Millward, D. Watson, G. W. Sledge; Genomic Health, Redwood City, CA; Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. Molecular characterization of male breast cancer by standardized quantitative RT-PCR analysis: First large genomic study of 347 male breast cancers compared to 82,434 female breast cancers.Poster presentation.   American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, 2009 May 29- June 2,  Orlando, FL. Abstract 549.

See also J Clin Oncol 27:15s, 2009 (suppl; abstr 549)