Exon-array profiling unlocks clinically and biologically relevant gene signatures from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumour samples

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 971-981

  Hall, J S ^a   Leong, H S ^b   Armenoult, L S C ^a   Newton, G E ^b   Valentine, H R ^a   Irlam, J J ^a   Moller Levet C ^b   Sikand, K A ^c   Pepper, S D ^b   Miller, C J ^b   West, C M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervix cancer; exon array; expression profiling; FFPE; histology

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EXONS; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952661148     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.66     Document Type: Article

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