Molecular oncology testing for solid tumors : a pragmatic approach /: a pragmatic approach. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Ola Idowu, Catherine Isabelle Dumur, Carleton Theodore Garrett, editors.
• Editors: Idowu, Michael Ola; Dumur, Catherine Isabelle; Garrett, Carleton T
• Contents: Part I. Overview of Basic Cellular Biology -- 1. Normal molecular biology and definition of terms -- 2. Pathologic changes: Chromosomes, genes, DNA, RNA and proteins -- 3. Standard nomenclature -- introduction and brief overview -- Part II. Molecular Oncology Methodology -- 4. General principles of Oncology testing -- 5. Molecular methodologies -- 6. General principles of validating a molecular test -- Part III. Molecular testing in Solid Tumors -- 7. Lung and mediastinum -- 8. Breast -- 9. Head and neck (salivary glands) -- 10. Thyroid and parathyroid (endocrine) -- 11. Gastrointestinal and Pancreatobiliary -- 12. Soft tissue -- 13. Genitourinary system -- 14. Central Nervous System -- 15. Skin and adnexa -- 16. Common Hereditary Cancer Syndromes -- Part IV. The future is here -- 17. Application of next generation sequencing -- Part V. Quality Assurance and Regulatory affairs -- 18. Quality Assurance -- pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic -- 19. Regulatory affairs (including accreditation) -- 20. Coding and re-imbursement.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 742 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.99/4075; Medicine; Cancer -- Molecular diagnosis; Cancer -- Molecular aspects; Neoplasms -- diagnosis; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Cancer -- Molecular aspects; Cancer -- Molecular diagnosis; Medicine & Public Health; Pathology; Oncology; Medical -- Oncology; Oncology; Pathology; Oncology ; Medical -- Pathology; Pathology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319163048; 3319163043; 3319163035; 9783319163031
• Related ISBNs: 9783319163031
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 24, 2015).
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