{"title":"What is a Bladder Cancer Molecular Subtype?","authors":"Mattias Höglund","doi":"10.3233/BLC-220124","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Several molecular classification systems for bladder cancer have been proposed, but due to differences on how to define molecular subtypes, controversies and misunderstandings have arisen.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To discuss different aspects of the molecular classification of bladder cancer and to point to the consequences of using different conceptual approaches. To question some underlying assumptions when defining molecular subtypes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To critically reflect on some of the principles and methods used when defining molecular subtypes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Depending on underlying assumptions and aims for the definitions of subtypes, different types of molecular subtypes will be arrived at.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The underlying assumptions and their consequences must be better clarified when defining molecular subtypes.</p>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":" ","pages":"293-298"},"PeriodicalIF":17.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11165936/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BLC-220124","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Several molecular classification systems for bladder cancer have been proposed, but due to differences on how to define molecular subtypes, controversies and misunderstandings have arisen.
Objective: To discuss different aspects of the molecular classification of bladder cancer and to point to the consequences of using different conceptual approaches. To question some underlying assumptions when defining molecular subtypes.
Methods: To critically reflect on some of the principles and methods used when defining molecular subtypes.
Results: Depending on underlying assumptions and aims for the definitions of subtypes, different types of molecular subtypes will be arrived at.
Conclusion: The underlying assumptions and their consequences must be better clarified when defining molecular subtypes.
期刊介绍:
Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.