Gene expression profiles help identify the Tissue of Origin for metastatic brain cancers

• Main Authors: VandenBerg Scott R (Author), Wang Hangpin (Author), Drees Julia C (Author), Wu Alan HB (Author), Lal Anita (Author), Henner William D (Author), Pillai Raji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Metastatic brain cancers are the most common intracranial tumor and occur in about 15% of all cancer patients. In up to 10% of these patients, the primary tumor tissue remains unknown, even after a time consuming and costly workup. T...