Identifying rare events in rare diseases

Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Apr 15;21(8):1782-5. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-2314. Epub 2014 Nov 25.

Abstract

Utilizing genomic signatures from diagnostic tumor samples to forecast clinical behavior and response to therapy has long been a goal, and we are now poised to further refine how we can identify the relatively rare patients with aggressive neuroblastoma masquerading as patients with a more benign form of the disease. Clin Cancer Res; 21(8); 1782-5. ©2014 AACR. See related article by Oberthuer et al., p. 1904.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics*
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neuroblastoma / genetics*
  • Neuroblastoma / mortality*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor