Y chromosome loss detected by FISH in bladder cancer.

doi:10.1016/0165-4608(95)00030-s

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Y chromosome loss detected by FISH in bladder cancer.

Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 15 Jul 1995

Sauter G, Moch H, Wagner U, Novotna H, Gasser T C, Mattarelli G, Mihatsch M J, Waldman F M

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To examine the significance of Y chromosome losses in bladder cancer, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to determine its prevalence and associations with known parameters of malignancy. Cells were dissociated from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded bladder tumors from 68 male patie...

Topics

Age Factors
Aged
DNA Probes
Gene Deletion
Genes, p53
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
Y Chromosome

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