Detection of SS18-SSX fusion transcripts in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded neoplasms: Analysis of conventional RT-PCR, qRT-PCR and dual color FISH as diagnostic tools for synovial sarcoma

Modern Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 482-496

  Amary, Maria Fernanda C ^a,b   Berisha, Fitim ^b   Bernardi, Fabiola Del Carlo ^a   Herbert, Amanda ^c   James, Michelle ^d   Reis Filho, Jorge Sérgio ^d   Fisher, Cyril ^e   Nicholson, Andrew G ^f   Tirabosco, Roberto ^b   Diss, Timothy C ^g   Flanagan, Adrienne M ^b,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FISH; RT PCR; Soft tissue; SS18 SSX; Synovial sarcoma; SYT SSX

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOTHELIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; SS18 GENE; SSX GENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947594533     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800761     Document Type: Article

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