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UROLOGY
Volume 57, Issue 4A, Pages 154-159Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00963-8
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Identification, acquisition, and assessment of molecular markers that could be adopted as surrogate endpoints for evaluating a response to prostate cancer intervention strategies is highly desirable. Recent advances in the fields of genomics and biotechnology have dramatically increased the quantity and accessibility of molecular information that is relevant to the study of prostate carcinogenesis. One major advance involves the construction of comprehensive databases that archive gene sequences and gene expression data. This information is in a format suitable for virtual queries designed to distinguish the molecular differences between normal and cancer cells. A second major advance uses robotic tools to construct microarrays comprising thousands of distinct genes expressed in pi-estate tissues. Such arrays offer a powerful approach for monitoring the expression of thousands of genes simultaneously and provide access for techniques designed to assess patterns or fingerprints of gene expression that may ultimately be used as signatures of response to therapeutic intervention.
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