SIGNATURES OF ER STATUS IN BREAST CANCER

摘要

The invention relates to the identification and use of gene expression profiles, or patterns, suitable for identification of populations that are positive and negative for estrogen receptor expression. The gene expression profiles may be embodied in nucleic acid expression, protein expression, or other expression formats, and may be used in the study and/or diagnosis of cells and tissue in breast cancer as well as for the study and/or determination of prognosis of a patient, including breast cancer survival.