Low level c-myc gene amplification in gastric cancer detected by dual color fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-178

  Suzuki, Seiji ^a   Tenjin, Toshihiro ^a   Watanabe, Hidehiro ^a   Matsushima, Shinji ^a   Shibuya, Tetsuo ^a   Tanaka, Shigeo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

c myc gene; Chromosome 8; Dual color FISH; Gastric cancer; Gene amplification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 8; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030716963     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199711)66:3<173::AID-JSO4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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