Cancer Diagnostics Current and Future Trends [Hardcover]

Part I: IntroductionGeneral Considerations in the Use and Application of Laboratory Tests for the Evaluation of CancerRobert M. Nakamura and Wayne W. GrodyNew Insights and Future Advances in Cancer Diagnostics: Limitations of Conventional Tumor MarkersYasushi Kasahara and Yutaka TsukadaThe Changing Role of the Pathologist in the Management of the Cancer PatientRaymond B. NaglePart II: Serological Tumor MarkersTypes of Circulating Tumor Markers and Their Clinical ApplicationsJames T. WuIdentification of Risk Factors for Early NeoplasmJames T. WuEmerging Circulating Tumor MarkersJames T. WuProstate Cancer Markers: From Discovery to the ClinicJudith A. Finlay, Stephen D. Mikolajczyk, Thomas M. Pribyl, R. Bruce Wallace, and Harry G. RittenhouseSerum Tumor Marker Test Profile in Testicular Germ-Cell TumorsFrank J. Liu, Robert M. Nakamura, C. Howard Tseng, and Kevin S. LiuAutoantibodies, Autoimmunity, and Cancers: Markers for Identification of Early Stages of TumorsRobert M. Nakamura and Eng M. TanPart III: Cellular Tumor Markers. MHC Tetramers: A Tool for Direct Ex Vivo Detection and Enumeration of Tumor-Specific Cytotoxic T LymphocytesJennie C. C. Chang, Ferdynand Kos, Charles T. Nugent, and Kristine Kuus-ReichelNew Applications of Flow Cytometry in Cancer Diagnosis and TherapySophie Song and Faramarz NaeimMolecular Diagnostics in Neoplastic HematopathologyDaniel A. ArberHER2 and Topoisomerase IIa in Breast CarcinomaKenneth J. BloomStudy of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in the Staging of Malignant NeoplasmsAlice A. Roberts and Alistair J. CochranA Marker for Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer: The Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 (hnRNP A2/B1)Jordi Tauler, Alfredo Mart?nez, and James L.MulshinePart IV: Molecular and Genetic Tumor MarkersMolecular Techniques in Cancer Diagnosis and ManagementJeffrey S. Ross, Karen Gray, Rebecca Mosher, and James StecDNA Repair Defects in CancerRamune Reliene and Robert H. SchiestlChromosomal and Molecular Cytogenetic Assays for EvaluatiolCÏ