title: Amplification of cellular oncogenes: a predictor of clinical outcome in human cancer.
abstract: Increased dosage of cellular oncogenes resulting from amplification of DNA is a frequent genetic abnormality of tumor cells and the study of oncogene amplification has been paradigmatic for the usefulness of molecular genetic research in clinical oncology. Certain types of human tumors carry an amplified cellular oncogene at frequencies of up to 50-60%. Human neuroblastoma has been prototypic for the importance of oncogene amplification in tumorigenesis, and evidence is emerging that amplification may be an early event involved in a more malignant form of this cancer. It is unclear at which stage amplification plays a role in other cancers. Amplification of cellular oncogenes is a good predictor of clinical outcome in some human malignancies.
authors.affiliation: German Cancer Research Center, Institute for Experimental Pathology, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Amler
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000235:genetics; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D016259:Genes, myc; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000235:genetics; D009857:Oncogenes; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D011379:Prognosis; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases