The diagnostic value of SYT-SSX detected by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for synovial sarcoma: A review and prospective study of 255 cases

Cancer Science

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1355-1361

  Sun, Baocun ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Zhao, Xiulan ^a   Zhang, Shiwu ^a   Liu, Yanxue ^a   Li, Xiaoqing ^a   Feng, Yumei ^a   Zhou, Hongyuan ^a   Hao, Xishan ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; MYOGLOBIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN SYNOVIAL SARCOMA X ANTIGEN FUSION PROTEIN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; S100 PROTEINS; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 44449171525     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.00830.x     Document Type: Review

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