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The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics - Extra Materials - Springer

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<strong>Cytogenetics</strong> <strong>of</strong> Solid Tumors 437<br />

Fig. 7. Karyotype <strong>of</strong> a low-grade leiomyosarcoma. Arrows indicate clonal chromosome rearrangements that<br />

were found in all cells analyzed from this tumor. “mar” is an abbreviation for marker, which indicates an<br />

abnormal chromosome <strong>of</strong> uncertain origin. Chromosome rearrangements not designated by arrows (e.g., the<br />

bizarre chromosome 7 rearrangements at lower left) were not present consistently and reflect the genetic heterogeneity<br />

in this tumor.<br />

EPITHELIAL TUMORS<br />

Renal Tumors<br />

<strong>The</strong> clinical relevance <strong>of</strong> chromosome aberrations in renal tumors is in many respects a paradigm<br />

for the potential uses <strong>of</strong> cytogenetics in other types <strong>of</strong> solid tumors, such as sarcomas (see above).<br />

Consequently, these are among the more common solid-tumor types analyzed in clinical cytogenetic<br />

laboratories, and the cytogenetic associations in these tumors will be discussed in detail here.<br />

Characteristic cytogenetic aberrations have been identified in virtually all types <strong>of</strong> renal cancer<br />

(see Table 2) and include the ubiquitous deletion <strong>of</strong> chromosome 3 short-arm material in nonpapillary

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