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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
One consistent feature of the Ewing's tumour family is the presence of a balanced translocation involving band q12 and band q24 of chromosome 22 and chromosome 11. Recent cloning of the chromosome breakpoint regions of t(11;22)(q24;q12) Ewing's sarcoma translocation has revealed that the breakpoints were localized within the Ewing's sarcoma gene (EWS gene) on chromosome 22 and the Fli-1 gene on chromosome 11. Molecular genetic techniques can thus be applied to the detection of the t(11;22) translocation in Ewing's tumours. By reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction technique (RT-PCR) 11 Ewing's tumour derived cell lines, 12 primary Ewing's tumours, and 11 tumours after treatment were analysed for the occurence of the t(11;22) translocation. Furthermore, blood and bone marrow samples from 5 patients were available for RT-PCR. In 78% of the cell lines and 91% of the primary Ewing's tumours the t(11;22) translocation was detectable by RT-PCR. In bone marrow samples from a Ewing's sarcoma patient presenting in relapse tumour cells were detected by molecular genetic analysis. Our results indicate that molecular genetic detection of the t(11;22) translocation is valuable in the differential diagnosis of small round cell tumours and will provide important information for the staging and prognosis of Ewing's tumour.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0945-6317
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
425
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
107-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic value of the molecular genetic detection of the t(11;22) translocation in Ewing's tumours.
pubmed:affiliation
Gerhard Domagk Institute of Pathology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't