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Predicting the sites of metastases.
Applied Genomics Inc, 525 Del Rey Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA. bzring@applied-genomics.com
Transplantation of human breast cancer cells into immunodeficient mice together with gene-expression microarray studies has recently identified genes implicated in the tissue tropism of breast-cancer metastasis. Such signatures of site-specific metastatic capabilities might allow the targeting of therapy to likely sites of metastasis.
PMID: 16356275 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID: PMC1414081
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