Individual aspects of cancer cells: special karyographic technique.
The contours of interphasic nuclei of normal and cancer cells are transcribed using a special karyographic technique. The resulting undulating lines are analyzed and compared, and their relationship to the malignancy, and individuality and clonal constitution of different tumors is discussed. The possibility of establishing an "identity card" for cancer cells is considered.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007620:Karyometry / Q000379:methods; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology