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High dose interleukin-2 can produce a very high rate of response in appropriately selected patients with metastatic renal cancer both in treatment naïve and patients pre-treated with sunitinib

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Robert Hawkins1, Alaaeldin Shablak1, Kanwal Sikand2, Jonathan Shanks1, Fiona Thistlethwaite1, Andrea Spencer-Shaw2
1University of Manchester and Christie Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom,2The Christie Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom

Targeting microRNA to induce cell death in Medulloblastoma

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Yuen Ngan Fan1, Daniel Meley1, Dave G Spiller1, Mike RH White1, Barry Pizer2, Violaine See1
1University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom,2Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Pim kinases are essential for survival of Myc-induced lymphoma cells in vitro

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Linus Plym Forshell1, Tacha Zi Plym Forshell1, Jonas Nilsson1
1Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå, Sweden,2Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå, Sweden,3Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå, Sweden

Repression of 4F2hc impairs tumorigenicity

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Angélica Santiago-Gómez1, Javier Turnay1, Emilio Lecona1, Nieves Olmo1, Hans Burghardt2, Manuel Palacín2, Mª Antonia Lizarbe1
1Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain,2Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Barcelona, Spain

Phase II Study of Single Agent Capecitabine in the Treatment of Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumours

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Felicity Murphy1, Louise Medley1, Armand Morel1, David Farrugia2, Nicholas Reed3, Joanne Davies1, Oksana Kirichek1, Rajesh Thakker4, Denis Talbot1
1Department of Medical Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom,2Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom,3Beatson Oncology Centre, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom,4Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Oxford, United Kingdom

Burden on primary caregivers of individuals with pancreatic cancer: results from the all-Ireland PanCAM study

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Damian O'Driscoll1, Michael O'Rorke2, Linda O'Keeffe1, Kevin Conlon3, Liam Murray2, Linda Sharp1
1National Cancer Registry Ireland, Cork, Ireland,2Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom,3Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Investigating the role of lysyl oxidase (LOX) in renal cell carcinoma development

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Abdul Karim Fallah1, Qiuyu Wang1, John Gaffney1, Pat Kumar1, Shant Kumar1, Mark Slevin1
1Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

3D tumour models for the assessment of tumour micro-environment targeted therapies

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David Onion1, Richard Argent1, Rajendra Kumari1, Amy Axel2, Brett Hall2, Sue Watson1
1Ex Vivo Cancer Pharmacology Centre of Excellence, Division Of Pre-Clinical Oncology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom,2OthoBiotech, Oncology Research & Development, Beerse, Belgium

Syndecan-1 regulates mesenchymal tumour cell proliferation, adhesion and migration

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Fang Zong1, Eleni Fthenou2, Filip Mundt1, Péter Hollósi3, Ilona Kovalszky3, László Szilák3, Georgios Tzanakakis2, Anders Hjerpe1, Katalin Dobra1
1Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden,2University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece,3Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

An Application of Zinc Finger Nuclease Technology to Create Knockout Cancer Lines

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Suzanne Hibbs1, Gregory Wemhoff1, Gary Davis1
1Sigma Aldrich, Saint Louis, MO, United States

P-cadherin identifies cells with stem-like properties in basal-like breast cancer

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Andre F Vieira1, Sara Ricardo1, Matthew Ablett2, Raquel Seruca3, Fernando Schmitt3, Robert B Clarke2, Joana Paredes1
1Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal,2Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, United Kingdom,3Medical Faculty of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

P14ARF-p53 induced senescence revisited: protector or precursor of latent breast cancer?

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Eileen McGowan1, Daniel Yagoub2, Nikki Alling3
1Centenary, Sydney, Australia,2University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia,3Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia,4Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

The role of CYP2C40 and CYP2C55 in colon cancer

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Michael Albert1, Andrew Bennett1
1Nottingham University School of Biomedical Sciences, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis in cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes tumour angiogenesis and progression

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Xin Zeng1, Liye Chen1, Michael Presz1, Simon Briggs1, Russell leek1, Gillies McKenna1, Adrian Harris1, Shijie Cai1
1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Structural characterisation of human mitotic kinesin – KIF15

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Marta Kozlowska1, Venkatasubramanian Ulaganathan1, Frank Kozielski1
1The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Gene expression profile induced by genotoxic and non-genotoxic carcinogens in the rat kidney cells

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Kate Bloch1, Edward A Lock1, Andrew Evans1
1Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Piwil2 expression selects for known stem-cell and cancer stem-cell markers in LNCaP prostate cancer cell line

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Deepali Pal1, Craig Robson1, Stuart Williamson1, Karim Nayernia2, Hamid Reza Soleimanpour-Lichaei2, Rakesh Heer1
1Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom,2North East England Stem Cell Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

miR-224 is marker of poor prognosis in breast cancer.

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Sharon McGee1, Laoighse Mulrane1, Donal Brennan1, Susan McDonnell1, Karin Jirstrom2, Darran O'Connor1, William Gallagher1
1University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland,2Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Cadmium inhibits gelatinolytic activities of MMP2 and MMP9: another possible mechanism of cadmium-induced carcinogenesis

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Livia Lacorte1, Carolina Sarobo1, Elaine Porto1, Luis Justulin Jr1, Flavia Delella1, Sergio Felisbino1
1Sao Paulo State University UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Finasteride interfere with MMP2 and MMP9 expression profile on human prostate cancer PC-3 cell line

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Andrei Moroz1, Flavia Delella1, Sergio Santos1, Jaqueline Rinaldi1, Andrelson Rinaldi4, Elenice Deffune2, Hernandes Carvalho3, Sergio Felisbino1
1Biosciences Institute, Department of Morphology - Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil,2Blood Transfusion Center, Cell Engineering Laboratory - Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil,3Biology Institute, Department of Cell Biology, Campinas State University (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil,4Grande Dourado Federal University, Exact Sciences and Technology School (UFGD), Grande Dourado, MS, Brazil

HER-2 expression has no adverse prognostic signficance in caucasian patients with gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinomas: Analysis of Brightfield double In Situ hybridisation (BDISH) for HER-2 gene amplification and immunohistochemistry for HER-2 protein expression

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Michelle Cunnell1, Alex Reecesmith2, Irshad Soomro3, Zia Chaudry3, Ian Ellis3, Simon Parsons2, Srinivasan Madhusudan1
1Academic Unit of Oncology, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, United Kingdom,2Department of Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, United Kingdom,3Department of Pathology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Akt interacts with DNA-PKcs for optimal DNA damage repair

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Mahmoud Toulany1, H. Peter Rodemann1
1Division of Radiobiology and Molecular Environmental Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Decreased expression of high molecular weight Tropomyosins in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Esophagus (SCCE) 

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Maryam Zare1, Ferdous Rastgar Jazii1, Zahra- Soheila Soheili1
1Biochemistry department, National Institute of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of

CDKI-83?a novel CDK9 inhibitor as a potent anti-tumour agent

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Shenhua Shi1, Frankie Lam1, Xiangrui Liu1, Shudong Wang1
1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Combination therapy with an Aurora B kinase inhibitor AZD1152 and AraC, shows enhanced tumouricidal activity in a preclinical model of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

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Rajesh Odedra1, Robert W. Wilkinson1, Sarah V. Holt2, John R. Foster1, Elizabeth Anderson1
1AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, United Kingdom,2Paterson Institute of Cancer Research, Manchester, United Kingdom

MGMT methylation is strongly associated with and may precede IDH1/IDH2 mutations in adult astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumours

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Shani Mulholland1, Deborah S Malley1, Rifat Hamoudi1, Sylvia Kocialkowski1, Danita Pearson1, V.Peter Collins1, Koichi Ichimura1
1Division of Molecular Histopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

The relationships between the systemic inflammatory response, plasma and red cell B vitamins concentrations and survival in patients with colorectal cancer

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Elaine Leung1, Campbell Roxburgh1, Dinesh Talwar2, Dennis O'Reilly2, Ruth McKee1, Paul Horgan1, Donald McMillan1
1University Department of Surgery, Glasgow, United Kingdom,2University Department of Biochemistry, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Epidemiology of breast cancer in Setif, Algeria

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Z. Zaidi1, F. Babouche2, D. Abdellouche3, A. Djema Djazia4, M. Abdoun1, M. Hamdi Cherif1
1Cancer registry of Setif- University Hospital of Setif, Setif, Algeria,2Private Office of Radiology, Health Direction of Setif, Setif, Algeria,3Department of Anatomopathology-University Hospital of Setif, Setif, Algeria,4Constantine Anti-cancer Center - University Hospital of Constantine, Constantine, Algeria

Trends in prostate cancer incidence in Setif, Algeria between 1986-2005

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Z. Zaidi1, F. Babouche2, D. Abdellouche3, A. Djema Djazia4, A. Mahnane1, M. Hamdi Cherif1
1Cancer registry of Setif- University Hospital of Setif, Setif, Algeria,2Private Office of Radiology, Health Direction of Setif, Setif, Algeria,3Department of Anatomopathology-University Hospital of Setif, Setif, Algeria,4Constantine Anti-Cancer Center - University hospital of Constantine, Constantine, Algeria

Management of insomnia among cancer patients: A pilot study from cancer patients perspectives

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Maryam Farooqui1, Heryohana Jamulidin1
1University Technologi MARA, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Patient and public involvement in cancer research in the United Kingdom

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Thomas Haswell1
1NCRI Consumer Liaison Group, London, United Kingdom

Information and its role: the experiences of people affected with laryngeal cancer

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Anne Taylor1, Sally Wyke1, Gill Hubbard1
1University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Treatment patterns and outcomes in advanced melanoma in UK: a retrospective longitudinal survey (MELODY study)

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Mark Middleton1, Maria Marples1, Mark Harries1, John Wagstaff1, Angus Dalgleish1, Richard Osborne1, Anthony Maraveyas1, Steve Nicholson1, Neville Davidson1, Qing Wang1, Urmi Bapat1, Paul Lorigan1
1Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom,2Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom,3St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom,4Singleton Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom,5St George’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom,6Dorset Cancer Centre, Poole, United Kingdom,7The Princess Royal Hospital, Hull, United Kingdom,8University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom,9Broomfield Hospital, Essex, United Kingdom,10Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Uxbridge, United Kingdom,11Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Risk stratification of cancer survivors: a quantitative method using clinical attendance patterns for colorectal, Hodgkin’s disease and multiple myeloma.

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Katie Harris1, Kimberley Edwards1, Ashley Woolmore2, James Wells2, Catherine Boyle3, Tom Farrell1, Haley Nai1, Eva Morris5, James Thomas5, David Forman4
1University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom,2Monitor, London, United Kingdom,3Macmillan, London, United Kingdom,4IARC, Lyon, France,5NYRCIS, Leeds, United Kingdom

Exploring and prioritising the support needs of older carers of people with advanced cancer: a partnership approach to research

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Sheila Kennedy1, Jane Seymour1, Lydia Bird1, Karen Cox1
1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Establishment of a preclinical orthotopic model for human malignant bone disease in immunocompromised NSG mice using small animal PET, CT and MRI imaging

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Henrike K Knizia1, Mike A Batey1, Gilberto S Almeida1, Ian Wilson1, Ross J Maxwell1, Petra Dildey2, I Geoff Hide2, Chris M Bacon1, H Josef Vormoor1
1Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom,2Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Dock4 is a Rac1 GEF downstream of VEGF signalling required for lumen formation in tumour blood vessels

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Sabu Abraham1, Tracey Harvey2, Margherita Scarcia2, Margaret Yeo1, Christopher Marshall1, Georgia Mavria2
1Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom,2Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James' University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom

Inhibition of Lsd1 Function Abrogates AML Leukaemia Stem Cell Self Renewal through Induction of Myeloid Differentiation

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William Harris1, Tim Somervaille1
1Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, United Kingdom

“A functional shRNAi screen of phosphoinositide modulators in haematopoiesis and leukaemogenesis”

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Julian Blaser1, Tim Somervaille1, Nullin Divecha1
1Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, United Kingdom

The use of the tumor 3-D spheroid model for screening for anticancer activity: a strategy for identification anticancer agents with activity on solid tumors

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Walid Fayad1, Rolf Larsson2, Stig Linder1, Mårten Fryknäs2
1Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden,2Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

BRAF mutation confers TGF-? addiction

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John Ferguson1, Yvonne Fleming1, Gary Sibbett1, Lindsay Spender1, Norman Sharpless2, Michael Weller3, Margaret Frame4, Richard Marais5, Gareth Inman6
1The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom,2The Lineberger Comprehensive cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States,3University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland,4Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom,5Institute for Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom,6Biomedical Research Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom

Amplified and overexpressed genes in cancer (AOGIC)

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Daniel Brewer1, Thomas Santarius2, Janet Shipley1, Michael Stratton2, Colin Cooper1
1Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom,2The Wellcome Trust Sanger Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom

UK prostate cancer sample collection database (UKPCSCD)

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Daniel Brewer1, Rajeev Kumar4, Jen Tibbets4, Ian Giddings1, Sandra Edwards1, Hayley Whitaker3, Peter Maccallum3, Feddie Hamdy4, David Neal2, Colin Cooper1
1Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom,2University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom,3Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom,4University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Restoration of paracrine signalling within the tumour microenvironment increases tumour growth and activation of c-Met

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Richard Argent1, Rajendra Kumari1, Phil Clarke1, David Onion1, Dileep Lobo2, Anna Grabowska1, Peter King3, Brett Hall3, Martin Page3, Sue Watson1
1Ex Vivo Cancer Pharmacology Centre Of Excellence, Division Of Pre-Clinical Oncology, University Of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom,2Division Of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham Digestive Diseases, Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom,3OrthoBiotech, Oncology Research & Development, Beerse, Belgium

Polypyrimidine-tract-binding protein (PTB): a role in alternative splicing of the Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) 2 gene.

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Raquel Duarte1, Pooja Seedhar1
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa,2Cancer Research UK, London, United Kingdom

The human tumour micro-environment modelled in in vitro biomatrices and applied to cancer drug discovery

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Teresa Coughlan1, Suzanne Underwood1, Phil Clarke1, Elizabeth Whelband1, Richard Argent1, Anna Grabowska1, Snow Stolnik2, Brett Hall3, Rajendra Kumari1, Sue Watson1
1Division of Pre-Clinical Oncology, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom,2School of Pharmacy, University Of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom,3OrthoBiotech, Oncology Research & Development, Beerse, Belgium

In vivo pharmaceutical target screening using a lentiviral inducible-knockdown shRNA system

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Yinfei Yin1, Rajendra Kumari1, Sue Watson1, Brett Hall2, Martin Page2, Peter King2, Anna Grabowska1
1Ex Vivo Cancer Pharmacology Centre Of Excellence, Division Of Pre-Clinical Oncology, University Of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom,2OrthoBiotech, Oncology Research & Development, Beerse, Belgium

Cytogenetic abnormalities associated with p53 mutation in primary breast cancers

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Jasbani Dayal1, Norman Pratt1, Mark Sales1, Colin Purdie1, Philip Quinlan1, Lee Baker1, Michael Boylan1, Gordon Hislop1, Natalja Terhaar2, Willem Corver2, Alastair Thompson1
1University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom,2Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

Gain of 16p11.2 region associates with oestrogen receptor and progesterone receptor positive status in primary breast cancer.

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Jasbani Dayal1, Mark Sales1, Colin Purdie1, Lee Baker1, Philip Quinlan1, Michael Boylan1, Willem Corver2, Natalja Terhaar2, Norman Pratt1, Alastair Thompson1
1University Of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom,2Leiden University Medical centre, Leiden, Netherlands

Significant cytogenetic change associated with the der(1;16) rearrangement in primary breast cancers.

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Jasbani Dayal1, Mark Sales1, Lee Baker1, Philip Quinlan1, Colin Purdie1, Michael Boylan1, Joan Cunningham1, Willem Corver2, Natalja Terhaar2, Norman Pratt1, Alastair Thompson1
1University Of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom,2Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands