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ea0005s8 | Androgens and Prostate Cancer | BES2003

Survey of gene expression during prostate cancer progression using tissue microarrays

Bubendorf L

INTRODUCTION: Tissue microarrays (TMAs) are a powerful tool to analyze the clinical significance of tens of biomarkers on hundreds of tumors in a parallel fashion. Here, we used TMAs to survey the potential role of different markers as predictors of prognosis or therapy response in prostate cancer.MATERIAL & METHODS: Two different prostate TMAs were constructed. 1. A prognostic TMA with specimens from 657 patients with clinically localized prostate cancer and longterm ...