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Nature 415, 484-485 (31 January 2002) | doi:10.1038/415484a
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Cancer: The molecular outlook
Carlos Caldas1 & Samuel A. J. Aparicio1
Abstract
Many breast-cancer patients receive unnecessary treatment for possible tumour spread after the removal of a primary tumour. Molecular profiling should offer more accurate predictions of who needs such treatment.
The first step in rationally treating a disease is to assess the patient against a classification of diseases, the results being used to predict the person's response to various therapies. The effectiveness of the process depends on the quality of the classification.
- Carlos Caldas and Samuel A. J. Aparicio are in the Cancer Genomics Program, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2XZ, UK.
Correspondence to: Carlos Caldas1 e-mail: Email: cc234@cam.ac.uk
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