Breast Cancer Outcomes Linked to Gene Mutation 'Hotspots'

Jun 30, 2016

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers from the University of California, San Diego's School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have determined that kataegis is a positive marker in breast cancer, meaning that patients with kataegis have less invasive tumors and better prognoses.

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