title: Comparability of tumor-cytogenetics and -DNA-cytometry.
abstract: Knowledge of the karyotypes of cancer cells is the theoretical underpinning of diagnostic/prognostic DNA-cytometry. Currently the translation is hampered by different terminologies of both fields. The following letter tries to close current gaps between the two fields by harmonizing their different terminologies.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, City Hospital Düren, Roonstrasse 30, 52351 Düren, Germany.
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Böcking
keywords: Cancer cytogenetics; Diagnostic DNA-cytometry; Speciation-theory of carcinogenesis