title: Molecular markers of tumor initiation and progression.
abstract: Of the hundreds of genes and proteins reported to be altered in human cancers, only a few are sufficiently central to warrant translation into diagnostic or therapeutic tools. Three recent developments have the potential to alter radically the discovery of molecular markers: the compendium of human genes; the advent of technologies that provide the means to identify simultaneously several known and unknown genes and proteins; and an appreciation of the critical processes involved in tumor initiation and progression.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Human Biology and Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Department of Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1100 Fairview N, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA. pporter@fhcrc.org
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D018816:Genes, cdc; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D009857:Oncogenes
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005819:Genetic Markers