Phenotypic and Genotypic Diagnosis of Malignancies (eBook)

Dr. Muin S. A. Tuffaha obtained the honours degree in general medicine (MD) from the Medical Institute Kiev in 1986 before he passed the German Medical Board in Pathology (Facharzt). Afterwards he continued his carrier as specialist in pathology in the Institute of Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. Tuffaha was the deputy head of the Department of Head and Neck Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Hamburg, Germany before he became the Head of the Pathology Department and Director of the Laboratories in the Al-Amal Regional Cancer in Amman, Jordan from 1996 to 1998. In 2003 Tuffaha became director of the German Center of Laboratory Medicine in Amman, Jordan.

Introduction
Pharmacopathology
Immunophenotypic Profiles of Tumors
Common Antibodies Used for Tumor Diagnosis and Expression Patterns
Immunohistochemical Staining
Nucleic Acids Technique
Diagnosis of Tumors, Detection of Micrometastases and Circulating Tumor Cells by Molecular Detection of Specific Chromosomal Translocations
Diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Residual Tumor Cells by Molecular Detection of Gene Rearrangements
Diagnosis of Tumors, Detection of Micrometastases, Isolated and Circulating Tumor Cells by Molecular Detection of Tissue Specific Gene Expession
Diagnosis of Tumors, Detection of Micrometastases, Isolated and Circulating Tumor Cells by Molecualar Detection of Tissue Specific Cytokeratins
Detection of Associated Viruses
Classification of Malignancies and the Status of Minimal
Residual Cancer Disease Introduction
Pharmacopathology
Immunophenotypic Profiles of Tumors
Common Antibodies Used for Tumor Diagnosis and Expression Patterns
Immunohistochemical Staining
Nucleic Acids Technique
Diagnosis of Tumors, Detection of Micrometastases and Circulating Tumor Cells by Molecular Detection of Specific Chromosomal Translocations
Diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Residual Tumor Cells by Molecular Detection of Gene Rearrangements
Diagnosis of Tumors, Detection of Micrometastases, Isolated and Circulating Tumor Cells by Molecular Detection of Tissue Specific Gene Expession
Diagnosis of Tumors, Detection of Micrometastases, Isolated and Circulating Tumor Cells by Molecualar Detection of Tissue Specific Cytokeratins
Detection of Associated Viruses
Classification of Malignancies and the Status of Minimal
Residual Cancer Disease