Gene Expression Correlation for Cancer Diagnosis: A Pilot Study

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Relative fold difference in mRNA expressions of PIK3C3 (blue), PIM3 (coral), and PTEN (green) at different disease stages of breast (a), colon (b), kidney (c), liver (d), lung (e), ovary (f), prostate (g), and thyroid (h) cancers. The mRNA expression for each gene was trended using a third-degree polynomial function over the disease progression. Fold difference in mRNA expression at each disease stage was determined by comparison to the expression level in noninvasive cancer patients (stage 0, expression level set as 1).

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