Computerized tissue image analysis reveals underlying genomics of ER+ breast cancer

(Case Western Reserve University) The number of tubules in tumors may predict which women with estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer will benefit from hormone therapy alone and which require chemotherapy. A computer program to automatically count the tubules correlated with the scores produced by the current best test differentiating between indolent and aggressive ER+ cancers.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news