Reliable gene expression profiling of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissue (FFPE) using cDNA-mediated annealing, extension, selection, and ligation whole-genome (DASL WG) assay

BMC Medical Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Iddawela, Mahesh ^a,b,c,d,e   Rueda, Oscar M ^a   Klarqvist, Marcus ^a   Graf, Stefan ^a   Earl, Helena M ^b,c,d   Caldas, Carlos ^a,b,c,d  

^a CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; FFPE; Molecular Markers; WG DASL

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER TISSUE; CDNA MEDIATED ANNEALING, EXTENSION, SELECTION, AND LIGATION WHOLE GENOME ASSAY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR PROBE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION; TISSUE FIXATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BREAST TUMOR; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84982279496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17558794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12920-016-0215-4     Document Type: Article

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