Analysis of rectal cancer cells from patients prior to preoperative radiotherapy. Response to radiotherapy determined by histopathologic examination of resected specimens. Results identify gene markers for the characterization and prediction of the response to radiotherapy in rectal cancer.
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[HG_U95Av2] Affymetrix Human Genome U95 Version 2 Array
Citation:
Watanabe T, Komuro Y, Kiyomatsu T, Kanazawa T et al. Prediction of sensitivity of rectal cancer cells in response to preoperative radiotherapy by DNA microarray analysis of gene expression profiles. Cancer Res 2006 Apr 1;66(7):3370-4. PMID: 16585155