It's ALL in the diagnosis.
The molecular diagnosis of human cancer will hasten the development of treatments tailored to the abnormalities present in each patient's tumor cells. Recent gene expression profiling studies of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) suggest that the molecular diagnosis of these diseases is right around the corner.
Staudt
Louis M
LM
Metabolism Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Istaudt@mail.nih.gov
D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics