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Amplification of the fibroblast growth factor receptor type 1 gene (FGFR1) has been observed in numerous cancer types including lung cancer (especially squamous cell carcinoma) and breast cancer. The FGFR1 (8p11)/SE 8 FISH probe is optimized to detect amplification involving the FGFR1 gene region at 8p11 in a dual-color assay on paraffin embedded tissue sections. The chromosome 8 satellite enumeration probe (SE 8) at D8Z1 is included to facilitat...
Amplification of the 3q26-q27 has a high prevalence in cervical, prostate, lung, and squamous cell carcinoma. This amplification can also be found to a lesser extent in CLL patients. The minimal region of amplification was refined to a 1- to 2-Mb genomic segment containing several potential cancer genes including TERC, the human telomerase RNA gene. The TERC (3q26) specific FISH probe is optimized to detect copy numbers of the TERC (previously kn...
Amplifications of the TERT gene at 5p15 has been observed in a variety of cancers, particularly lung cancer, cervical tumors, and breast carcinomas. Several studies have revealed a high frequency of TERT gene amplification in human tumors, which indicates that the TERT gene may be a target for amplification during the transformation of human malignancies and that this genetic event probably contributes to a dysregulation of TERT/ telomerase occur...
The ERBB2 (or HER2) gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase involved in growth factor signaling. Overexpression of this gene is seen in about 20% of invasive breast cancers. ERBB2 gene amplification is a permanent genetic change that results in this continuous overexpression of ERBB2. ERBB2 amplification is also observed in a variety of other tumors, such as gastric, prostate, lung, colon and ovary carcinoma. The ERBB2 (17q12) FISH probe is optim...
The MET proto-oncogene is a receptor-like tyrosine kinase that drives a physiological cellular program important for development, cell movement, cell repair and cellular growth. Aberrant execution of this program has been associated to neoplastic transformation, invasion and metastasis. Activation of MET has been reported in a significant percentage of human cancers including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and is amplified during the transiti...
The MET proto-oncogene is a receptor-like tyrosine kinase that drives a physiological cellular program important for development, cell movement, cell repair and cellular growth. Aberrant execution of this program has been associated to neoplastic transformation, invasion and metastasis. Activation of MET has been reported in a significant percentage of human cancers including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and is amplified during the transiti...
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a cell membrane protein, providing signal transduction and cell growth. It is a member of the Erb-B family of type I receptor tyrosine kinases and implicated in the development and progression of non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC), breast, intestine, and other organs. EGFR has been found to act as a strong prognostic indicator in head and neck, ovarian, cervical, bladder and oesophageal cancers. In t...
The ERBB2 (or HER2) gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase involved in growth factor signaling. Overexpression of this gene is seen in about 20% of invasive breast cancers. ERBB2 gene amplification is a permanent genetic change that results in this continuous overexpression of ERBB2. Trastuzumab (commonly known as Herceptin) has been developed to be effective against ERBB2-positive breast cancer. ERBB2 amplification is also observed in a variety...