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2The development of rational approaches to the
diagnosis and treatment of cancer is dependent on
the understanding of the mechanism that underlie
the formation and progression of tumor
3Traditional pathologyMolecular pathology
4Traditional pathology 1. Frozen section 2. Wax
embedded tissue Hematoxylin-eosin
stain Special stain silver stain
immunostain vessel, estrogen receptors
5Advances in molecular biologyGenetic
analysesComparative genomic hybridization(CGH)
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)Gene
expression transcriptionGenomic
fingerprintingcDNA and oligonucleotide
arraysSerial analysis of gene expressionDifferen
tial display or representational difference
analysisGene expression translation2-D gels,
HPLC, Mass spectrometry, tissue array,
microdissection and laser microscopy
6Molecular pathology (1) Human genome
project 1. novel genes 2. known genes
amplification, mutation, deletion
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8Molecular pathology (2) Human genome
project Studies of mRNA can determine the
expression profile of a large number of
transcripts.
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10Molecular pathology (3) Human genome
project Proteomic methodologies can identify
quantitative and qualitative protein changes
in tumors, and to examine
posttranslational modifications such as
phosphorylation of proteins.
11Loss of annexin 1 correlates with early onset of
tumorigenesis in esophageal and prostate
carcinoma. Paweletz et al. Cancer Res 606293,
2000
12References1. Going and Gusterson Molecular
pathology and future development. Eur J Cancer,
351895-1904, 1999. 2. Sirivatanauksorn et al.
Laser-assisted microdissection applications in
molecular biology. J Pathology 189 150-154,
1999.