Companion of a FISH-Test and PAP-staining to detect precancerous lesion of the cervix
Z Xie, K Maass-Poppenhusen, J Rudolph, N Maass, N Arnold, J Weimer · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2008 · Heft 09
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Objective: Cervical cancers almost invariably carry extra copies of chromosome arm 3q and 8q, resulting in gains of hTERC and C-MYC. Both genes are involved in carcinogenesis. Cervical precancerous lesions are characterized routinely by cytological tests of PAP smears, without consideration of the genetic cell conditions. It is aim of this study to settle the following questions: 1) Does FISH on PAP stained smears allow a comparison of cell neoplasm and genetic status? 2) Does this complement the conventional PAP diagnoses and prognoses? Material: We use interphase FISH with a triple-colour probe panel (Kreatech…