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Translocations in Solid Tumors


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Colin Cooper
The Institute of Cancer Research

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ISBN: 978-1-58706-033-5
Pub date: 2002-05-15
198 pages
49 figures
15 tables


About this book

One of the most fruitful areas of research, as judged by the very large numbers of new cancer genes identified, has been the molecular analysis of recurrent chromosomal translocations. The original concept that gave rise to this book was that key scientists involved in the original isolation of the genes involved in each recurrent solid tumor translocation would be invited to write a chapter. Their work has provided remarkable insights into the molecular basis of the development of human cancer and in some cases provide clues to the possible cell of origin of the tumor and to relationships between different tumor types. It is apparent that many of the translocations represent extremely useful diagnostic and prognostic markers that may be used in the clinical management of cancer patients.

Table of contents

1. Cytogenetics of Solid Tumors
Jonathan A. Fletcher

2. Molecular Cytogenetics of Complex Chromosomal Rearrangements
R.F. Suijkerbuijk, A. Simons and A. Geurts van Kessel

3. Chromosome Translocations in Benign Solid Tumors
Wim J.M. Van de Ven, Koen Kas, Marleen M.R. Petit, Eric F.P.M. Schoenmakers
and Marianne L. Voz

4. Chromosomal Translocations in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
Frederic G. Barr

5. Chromosome Translocations in the Ewing Family of Tumors
Olivier Delattre and Nicolas Sévenet

6. The TLS-CHOP Oncoprotein and Human Liposarcoma
Masahiko Kuroda, John Sok, and David Ron

7. Synovial Sarcoma
Janet M. Shipley and Colin S. Cooper

8. Chromosome Translocations in Dermatofibrosarcoma
Claude Turc-Carel

9. ETV6-NTRK3 Gene Fusions in Spindle Cell Tumors of Early Childhood
Poul H.B. Sorensen

10. Thyroid Cancer
Marco A. Pierotti, Italia Bongarzone, Maria Grazia Borrello, Angela Greco,
Silvana Pilotti and Gabriella Sozzi

11. Renal Carcinoma
Colin S. Cooper and Janet M. Shipley

12. Molecular Diagnostics
Marc Ladanyi

13. Toward New Approaches: Targeting Tumor Specific Molecular Alterations
with Immune Based Therapy
Crystal L. Mackall, Theresa J. Goletz, Jay A. Berzofsky and Lee J. Helman