Breast Cancer Prognostic CNAs (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Breast Cancer Prognostic CNAs

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An analysis of breast cancer patient gene reveals that copy number alterations (CNAs) within cancer-causing genes is more likely to accurately indicate the severity of the disease (shown) than simply measuring how many of those genes are actually mutated to cause cancer (not shown).

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Sheltzer/CSHL 2018

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