The Following Is a Microarray That Includes Genes Identified in Breast

question 5

Multiple Choice

The following is a microarray that includes genes identified in breast cancer tumors.Why is this gene expression pattern important? [Reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd.L.J.van'T Veer et al., "Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer, " Nature 405:532.© 2002.]

• A)It can tell us something about which genes are involved in more invasive or aggressive breast cancer.
• B)It can tell us the prognosis of new patients.
• C)It can tell us which mutations caused the cancer.
• D)It can show us which cDNA is better for diagnosing cancer.
• E)It can both tell us something about which genes are involved in more invasive or aggressive breast cancer and tell us the prognosis of new patients.

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