MOLECULAR CYTOGENETICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO SOFT-TISSUE TUMOR-ANALYSIS

Cytogenetic analyses have demonstrated the association of specific chr omosomal changes with particular types of soft tissue tomors. This wor k describes the molecular cytogenetic approaches to genetic analysis o f these tumors. It illustrates how molecular cytogenetics may provide a rapid and sensitive method of diagnosis and can contribute to identi fy specific genes implied in the aetiology of soft tissue tumors.