Intra-tumor heterogeneity in breast cancer has limited impact on transcriptomic-based molecular profiling.
Govindasamy-Muralidharan KarthikMattias RantalainenGustav StålhammarJohn LövrotIkram UllahAmjad AlkodsiRan MaLena WedlundJohan LindbergJan FrisellJonas BerghJohan HartmanPublished in: BMC cancer (2017)
Our results suggest that macroscopic intra-tumoral transcriptomic heterogeneity is limited and unlikely to have an impact on molecular diagnostics for most patients.