title: The current state of molecular cytogenetics in cancer diagnosis.
abstract: Cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics are and will continue to be indispensable tools in cancer diagnostics. Leukemia and lymphoma diagnostics are still emphases of routine (molecular) cytogenetics and corresponding studies of solid tumors gain more and more prominence. Here, first a historical perspective of molecular tumor cytogenetics is provided, which is followed by the basic principles of the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) approach. Finally the current state of molecular cytogenetics in cancer diagnostics is discussed. Nowadays routine diagnostics includes basic FISH approaches rather than multicolor-FISH. The latter together with modern high-throughput methods have their impact on research to identify new tumor-associated genomic regions.
authors: Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, Postfach, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Liehr
authors: Moneeb A K
authors: MA
authors: Othman
authors: Katharina
authors: K
authors: Rittscher
authors: Eyad
authors: E
authors: Alhourani
mesh_terms: D003582:Cytogenetics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes
chemical_list: D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes
keywords: copy number variation; counseling; cytogenetics; fluorescence in situ hybridization; leukemia; lymphoma; molecular cytogenetics; oncogene; solid tumors; tumor suppressor gene