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N-myc amplification was rarely detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization in retinoblastoma

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Authors

Kim, Jeong Hun; Choi, Jin Mi; Yu, Young Suk; Kim, Dong Hun; Kim, Jin Hyoung; Kim, Kyu-Won

Issue Date
2008-06-10
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Hum Pathol. 2008;39(8):1172-1175
Keywords
AdolescentAdultChildEye Neoplasms/*geneticsFemaleGenes, myc/*geneticsGenetic MarkersHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleRetinoblastoma/*geneticsGene Amplification
Abstract
In retinoblastoma, genetic alteration of N-myc amplification different from the alteration of the RB1 gene on chromosome 13q14 has been described. This study is to determine the frequency of N-myc amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization method in retinoblastoma. This study was prospectively derived from 26 patients who were diagnosed as having unilateral retinoblastoma (highly progressive large retinoblastoma, group 5 in Reese-Ellsworth classification) and underwent enucleation. We performed locus-specific fluorescence in situ hybridization probes for N-myc gene. Our results demonstrated that in only one of 26 patients was N-myc amplification found in retinoblastoma tissue. N-myc amplification has been regarded as one characteristic of retinoblastoma cell line and an adverse prognostic factor. However, our study indicates that N-myc amplification is not frequently found in retinoblastoma.
ISSN
1532-8392 (Electronic)
Language
English
URI
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https://hdl.handle.net/10371/68205
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humpath.2007.12.008
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