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Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer Study Finds New Type of Mutation 4/16/2012 10:30:43 AM JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a new class of molecular mutation in various forms of breast cancer, a finding that may shed new light on development and growth of different types of breast tumors. Called fusion transcripts, the mutated forms of RNA may also provide a way to identify tumor subtypes and offer new strategies to treat them, investigators say.

Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer Study Finds New Type of Mutation
4/16/2012 10:30:43 AM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a new class of molecular mutation in various forms of breast cancer, a finding that may shed new light on development and growth of different types of breast tumors. Called fusion transcripts, the mutated forms of RNA may also provide a way to identify tumor subtypes and offer new strategies to treat them, investigators say.