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Study Reveals Genetic Similarities Between Breast and Ovarian Cancers
One subtype of breast cancer shares many genetic features with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) report. Such similarities may open common avenues of research into therapies for the two cancers.
• | NCI press release: TCGA breast cancer study |
• | The Cancer Genome Atlas initiative |
• | Breast Cancer Home Page |
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