Breast cancer research protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brooks, Susan A., Harris, Adrian, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2006]
Series:Methods in molecular medicine. 120.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Breast tissue banking : collection, handling, storage, and release of tissue for breast cancer research
  • Frozen biopsy collection and storage
  • Serial biopsies/FNAs and their assessment
  • Breast tissue microarrays
  • Preparation of tumor homogenates for subsequent preparation of cytosols, membrane fractions, RNA, and DNA
  • Isolation of RNA from tumor samples : single-step guanidinium acid-phenol method
  • Isolation of DNA from tumor samples
  • Laser-assisted microdissection and isolation of DNA and RNA
  • Traditional and established indicators of prognosis and treatment success
  • Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer
  • Pathological evaluation of axillary sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer
  • Measurement of estrogen receptor status by immunocytochemistry in paraffin wax sections
  • Markers of apoptosis
  • Quantitative angiogenesis in breast cancer
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Detection of aberrant glycosylation in breast cancer using lectin histochemistry
  • SDS-PAGE and western blotting to detect proteins and glycoproteins of interest in breast cancer research
  • Breast cancer proteomics using two-dimensional electrophoresis
  • Procedures for the quantitative protein determination of urokinase and its inhibitor PAI-1 in human breast cancer tissue extracts using ELISA
  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization and comparative genomic hybridization
  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization assessment of c-myc amplification in breast cancer tissues
  • Detection of HER2 gene amplification by FISH in breast cancer
  • In situ hybridization combined with immunohistochemistry to localize gene expression
  • Quantitation of RNA by ribonuclease protection assay
  • Identification of steroid hormone-regulated genes in breast cancer
  • Sequencing of the tumor suppressor gene TP 53
  • Expression profiling using cDNA microarrays
  • Gene expression analysis using filter cDNA microarrays
  • Methods to analyze the effects of the urokinase system on cancer cell adhesion, proliferation, migration, and signal transduction events
  • Phosphospecific antibodies as a tool to study in vivo regulation of BRCA1 after DNA damage
  • Models of hormone resistance in vitro and in vivo
  • Generation of genetically modified embryonic stem cells for the development of knockout mouse animal model systems
  • In vivo xenograft models of breast cancer metastatsis
  • Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy models
  • Primary mouse endothelial cell culture for assays of angiogenesis