Molecular diagnosis of cancer : methods and protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Roulston, J. E., Bartlett, John M. S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Methods in molecular medicine ; 97.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Prognostic and predictive factors
  • Assessment of predictive values of tumor markers
  • Quality assurance of predictive markers in breast cancer
  • Extraction of nucleic acid templates
  • Microdissection and extraction of DNA from archival tissue
  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization : technical overview
  • HER2 FISH in breast cancer
  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization for BCR-ABL
  • UroVysion multiprobe FISH in urinary cytology
  • Chromogenic in situ hybridization in tumor pathology
  • Comparative genomic hybridization and fluorescence in situ hybridization in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  • Molecular characterization of human papillomaviruses by PCR and in situ hybridization
  • A nested RT-PCR assay to detect BCR/abl
  • TP53 mutation detection by SSCP and sequencing
  • PCR diagnosis of T-cell lymphoma in paraffin-embedded bone marrow biopsies
  • Circulating DNA analysis : protocols and clinical applications using taqman assays
  • Microsatellite instability : theory and methods
  • The diagnostic and prognostic significance of the methylation status of Myf-3 in lymphoproliferative disorders
  • Quantitative analysis of PRAME for detection of minimal residual disease in leukemia
  • Determination of cyclin D1 expression by quantitative real-time, reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
  • Detection of telomerase hTERT gene expression and its splice variants by RT-PCR
  • Detection of telomerase enzyme activity by TRAP assay
  • Identification of TP53 mutations in human cancers using oligonucleotide microarrays
  • Detection of K-ras mutations by microelectric DNA chip
  • Microarray-based CGH in cancer
  • Tissue microarrays