Date:6/14/2012

eneity may produce misleading results if only a single sample is used, the researchers assessed the variation of miRNA expression between different patients. The mean expression of miR31, which is associated with cancer metastasis, from all zones of the primary tumor site in patient 5 was significantly lower than the mean expression from all zones of the primary tumor site of patient 6. However, a sample from a single tumor zone from patient 5 showed a higher expression level than the lowest case from patient 6. "This might in part explain conflicting previous findings regarding miRNA expression profiles," Dr. Avril notes.

"An important strength of this study is the systematic and predefined prospective sampling of tumors in 8 to 10 different areas, whereas previous studies have commonly only analyzed different areas of one tumor section, or core biopsies of the same tumor," says Dr. Avril. "Reliable assessment of breast cancer miRNA profiles should include sampling of the primary tumor in several locations or sampling several tumor-involved lymph nodes when deriving miRNA expression profiles from metastases."

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Contact: David Sampson jmdmedia@elsevier.com 215-239-3171 Elsevier Health Sciences Source:Eurekalert

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