title: Molecular cytogenetic aspects of hematological malignancies: clinical implications.
abstract: The field of molecular cytogenetics has had a great impact on many aspects of medical and basic sciences. During the past 30 years, the application of molecular cytogenetic methodologies has resulted in remarkable advances in the field of cancer genetics and cytogenetics. These advances have led to the establishment of chromosome patterns as diagnostic and prognostic indexes in an array of acute and chronic leukemias and lymphomas, as key information in BMT, and as guides for the localization of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes that are apparently responsible for the development of neoplastic states. With such information, the physician is in a more favorable position to devise therapy, appraise diagnosis, and plan follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Cytogenetics Laboratory, Room 1C210 SOM, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. zhong.chen@hsc.utah.edu
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Avery A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sandberg
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D003582:Cytogenetics; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000235:genetics; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D011379:Prognosis