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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research 3/2005

01.06.2005 | Commentary

Microarrays and breast cancer clinical studies: forgetting what we have not yet learnt

verfasst von: Ahmed Ashour Ahmed, James D Brenton

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research | Ausgabe 3/2005

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Abstract

This review takes a sceptical view of the impact of breast cancer studies that have used microarrays to identify predictors of clinical outcome. In addition to discussing general pitfalls of microarray experiments, we also critically review the key breast cancer studies to highlight methodological problems in cohort selection, statistical analysis, validation of results and reporting of raw data. We conclude that the optimum use of microarrays in clinical studies requires further optimisation and standardisation of methodology and reporting, together with improvements in clinical study design.
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Metadaten
Titel
Microarrays and breast cancer clinical studies: forgetting what we have not yet learnt
verfasst von
Ahmed Ashour Ahmed
James D Brenton
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2005
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research / Ausgabe 3/2005
Elektronische ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr1017

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