Tumor marker protocols /
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| Imprint: | Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c1998. |
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| Description: | xiv, 500 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Methods in molecular medicine 14 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3040590 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Contributors
- Part I.. Multiple Markers: Principles and Guidelines
- 1. Integrating Multiple Clinical Tests to Increase Predictive Power
- 2. Statistical Considerations in the Analysis of Tumor Markers
- 3. Selection and Development of Biomarkers for Bladder Cancer
- 4. Clinical Application of Tissue and Serum Markers in Breast Cancer
- Part II.. Immunodiagnosis of Cancer: Serum and Tissue Markers
- 5. Serum and Tissue Biomarkers in the Prognosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer
- 6. The Oncofetal Protein p65 in Breast Cancer Detection
- 7. Determination of Tumor Ferritin Concentration in Breast Cancer
- 8. Immunodiagnosis of Childhood Malignancies
- 9. Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Biomarkers in Prostatic and Colorectal Neoplasia: Principles and Guidelines
- 10. Factors Affecting Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Biomarker Expression in Neoplasia
- 11. Instrumentation, Accuracy, and Quality Control Issues in Development of Quantitative Fluorescence-Image Analysis (QFIA)
- Part III.. Cytogenetic Markers
- 12. Cytogenetics as a Diagnostic Aid for Childhood Hematologic Disorders: Conventional Cytogenetic Techniques, Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, and Comparative Genomic Hybridization
- 13. Preparation of Metaphase Chromosomes for Cytogenetic Analysis
- 14. Chromosome Staining and Banding Techniques
- 15. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization to Chromosomes
- 16. Detection of Rearrangements in the bc1-2 Gene Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Part IV.. Molecular Markers
- 17. Applications of Tissue Microdissection in Molecular Pathology: Principles and Guidelines
- 18. EWS Gene Fusions as Diagnostic Markers in Sarcomas: Principles and Guidelines
- 19. p53 Detection in Breast Cancer
- 20. Use of the Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique to Detect the t(14;18) Translocation in Lymphoid Tissue
- 21. Detection of ras Gene Mutations Using Oligonucleotide Ligation Technology
- 22. Detection of Prostate-Cancer Cells in Blood and Bone Marrow by RT-PCR
- 23. Quantitative, Competitive RT-PCR Analysis of Biomarkers in the Study of Neoplasia
- 24. Differential Display to Define Molecular Markers and Genes That Mediate Malignancy
- Part V.. Miscellaneous Markers and Early Detection of Cancer
- 25. Transforming Growth Factor Beta: A Plasma Tumor Marker
- 26. Anti-HMdU Autoantibodies in Human Sera as a Biomarker of Cancer Risk
- 27. A Scientific Basis for Cancer Prevention: Defining the Role of Individual Cytosolic GST Isozyme
- 28. Aberrant Crypt Foci System to Study Cancer Preventative Agents in the Colon: Principles and Guidelines
- 29. Strain-Dependent Differences in the Expression of the Oncofetal Protein p65 in Mice Susceptible and Resistant to Chemical Carcinogenesis
- 30. D-Glucaric Acid as a Prospective Tumor Marker
- Index
