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- noun The condition of being
polysomic
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- noun congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells
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On Sunday, December 13, Genomic Health researchers presented results of a large retrospective case-control study assessing the diagnosis of HER2 status, by both fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) testing and quantitative RT-PCR by Oncotype DX, to explore the association between polysomy 17 (extra copies of chromosome 17, a condition found in breast cancer patients that can complicate the interpretation of HER2 testing results), HER2 status and breast cancer death.
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