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Feb 2013 Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology

Genomic grade adds prognostic value in invasive lobular carcinoma.

Authors

Metzger-Filho O, Michiels S, Bertucci F, Catteau A, Salgado R, Galant C, Fumagalli D, Singhal SK, Desmedt C, Ignatiadis M, Haussy S, Finetti P, Birnbaum D, Saini KS, Berlière M, Veys I, de Azambuja E, Bozovic I, Peyro-Saint-Paul H, Larsimont D, Piccart M, Sotiriou C

Summary

The prognostic value of histologic grade (HG) in invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) remains uncertain, and most ILC tumors are graded as HG2. Genomic grade (GG) is a 97-gene signature that improves the prognostic value of HG. This study evaluates whether GG may overcome the limitations of HG in ILC.

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