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Genome-wide profile of pleural mesothelioma versus parietal and visceral pleura: the emerging gene portrait of the mesothelioma phenotype.
PloS one - 7 Aug 2009
Røe Oluf Dimitri, Anderssen Endre, Helge Eli, Pettersen Caroline Hild, Olsen Karina Standahl, Sandeck Helmut, Haaverstad Rune, Lundgren Steinar, Larsson Erik
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural mesothelioma is considered an almost incurable tumour with increasing incidence worldwide. It usually develops in the parietal pleura, from mesothelial lining or submesothelial cells, subsequently invading the visceral pleura. Chromosomal and genomic aberrations of mesothelioma are diverse and heterogenous. Genome-wide profiling of mesothelioma versus parietal and visceral normal...
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