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Intratumor Heterogeneity of Synchronous In Situ and Invasive Breast Carcinoma Revealed Using Multi-region Exome Sequencing.
Anticancer research - 1 Aug 2021
Kim Hayeon, Gim Jeong-An, Kim Chung-Yeul, Kim Aeree
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BACKGROUND/AIM: Intratumor heterogeneity (ITH), defined as a tumor composed of multiple subclones with different characteristics, is widely reported in invasive breast carcinoma (IBC) and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This study aimed to assess the extent of ITH in synchronous DCIS-IBC at the genetic level. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 17 lesions from 5 patients were subjected to whole-exome sequencing....
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