Mol Cytogenet. 2015 Apr 18;8:28. doi: 10.1186/s13039-015-0132-9. eCollection 2015.
Molecular cytogenetics
Alfred Böcking
PMID: 25897325 PMCID: PMC4403948 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-015-0132-9
Knowledge of the karyotypes of cancer cells is the theoretical underpinning of diagnostic/prognostic DNA-cytometry. Currently the translation is hampered by different terminologies of both fields. The following letter tries to close current gaps between the two fields by harmonizing their different terminologies.
Keywords: Cancer cytogenetics; Diagnostic DNA-cytometry; Speciation-theory of carcinogenesis