title: [Detection of numerical chromosome aberrations in leukoplakia and squamous epithelial carcinomas of the head-neck area using fluorescence in situ hybridization].
abstract: The tumorigenesis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has been proposed to represent a multistep process characterized by an accumulation of genetic alterations. To study numerical chromosomal aberrations and chromosomal imbalances, biopsies of 11 malignant tumours and biopsies of 16 oral premalignant lesions (leukoplakias) were analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using centromeric probes for chromosomes, 1, 7, 9, 10 and 17. The comparison of the alterations observed in simple leukoplakias (group 1, n = 8), dysplastic leukoplakias (group 2, n = 8) and malignant tumours (group 3, n = 11) by the Cochran-Armitage Trend Test revealed an increasing number of numerical chromosomal abberations. This difference was statistically highly significant (p < 0.001). The data open up the possibility that FISH analysis might help to better characterize the progression of premalignant oral leukoplakias.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Heidelberg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dietz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pfuhl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finckh
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conradt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weidauer
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Bosch
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
vernacular_title: Nachweis von numerischen Chromosomenaberrationen in Leukoplakien und Plattenepithelkarzinomen des Kopf-Hals-Bereichs mittels der Fluoreszenz-in-situ-Hybridisierung.