It's ALL in the diagnosis

Louis M Staudt

doi:10.1016/s1535-6108(02)00036-3

It's ALL in the diagnosis

Cancer Cell. 2002 Mar;1(2):109-10. doi: 10.1016/s1535-6108(02)00036-3.

Author

Louis M Staudt¹

Affiliation

¹ Metabolism Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Istaudt@mail.nih.gov

PMID: 12086866
DOI: 10.1016/s1535-6108(02)00036-3

Abstract

The molecular diagnosis of human cancer will hasten the development of treatments tailored to the abnormalities present in each patient's tumor cells. Recent gene expression profiling studies of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) suggest that the molecular diagnosis of these diseases is right around the corner.

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MeSH terms

B-Lymphocytes / metabolism
B-Lymphocytes / pathology
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / genetics
Child
Gene Expression Profiling
Humans
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / diagnosis*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
T-Lymphocytes / metabolism
T-Lymphocytes / pathology
Translocation, Genetic / genetics