Open AccessCancer cytogenetics for clinicians
Author(s) -
Sandberg Avery A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.44.3.136
Subject(s) - cytogenetics , cancer , medicine , biology , genetics , chromosome , gene
Chromosomal changes have been detected in virtually all human tumortypes, and many of these chromosomal abnormalities have been established asvaluable diagnostic and prognostic factors. This article provides anoverview of the chromosomal changes associated with human cancer and theirclinical consequences.