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PCR/southern blot/in-situ hybridization for cervical cancer
Indications:
- cervical cancer
Specimen:
1) tissue (fresh, frozen or paraffin-embedded)
2) store at 4 degrees C for 24 hours (immediate processing)
3) store tissue at -20 degrees C or below
Genetics:
- associated genetic aberrations:
- papillomavirus
- H-ras proto-oncogene
- c-myc proto-oncogene
- fos proto-oncogene
- jun proto-oncogene
- her2/neu proto-oncogene (erb-B2)
Related
c-myc proto-oncogene
cervical cancer
fos proto-oncogene or TIS28
H-ras proto-oncogene
her2/neu proto-oncogene (erb-B2)
jun proto-oncogene
papillomavirus (HPV) DNA; high-risk HPV testing
General
genotyping (allele testing)
References
Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 3rd ed. Teitz ed.,
W.B. Saunders, 1995