Thursday, January 18, 2007

Stem cell test can predict risk of disease recurring

Source: Inside Bay Area
Posted: January 18, 2007 03:01:16 AM PST

Summary:

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a test using 186 genes from cancer stem cells can predict the risk of recurrence in patients with breast cancer, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine reported. The same genes also predicted the recurrence of prostate and lung cancer and medulloblastoma, the most common form of childhood brain cancer.

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