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Thousands of samples are needed to generate a robust gene list for predicting outcome in cancer

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.

The overlap f of two top-gene lists derived from data of van de Vijver et al. (10), with α = 0.0046 (corresponding to predictive lists of 70 genes). (a) The mean and standard deviation (represented by vertical bars) of f for various values of n. (b) The probability distribution of f for the same values of n.

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