ContentsPreface ............................................................................................................... vContributors ....................................................................................................... ix1 Molecular Analysis of Cancer: An OverviewKen Mills ................................................................................................. 12 Detection of Chromosome Abnormalities in Leukemia UsingFluorescence In Situ HybridizationLyndal Kearney, Sabrina Tosi, and Rina J. Jaju................................ 73 Spectral Karyotyping in Cancer CytogeneticsEva Hilgenfeld, Cristina Montagna, Hesed Padilla-Nash,Linda Stapleton, Kerstin Heselmeyer-Haddad,and Thomas Ried ............................................................................ 294 Comparative Genomic Hybridization AnalysisBinaifer R. Balsara, Jianming Pei, and Joseph R. Testa ................ 455 Detection of Chromosomal Deletions by Microsatellite AnalysisRachel E. Ibbotson and Martin M. Corcoran .................................... 596 Detection and Quantification of Leukemia-Specific RearrangementsAndreas Hochhaus .............................................................................. 677 Detection of t(2;5)(p23;q35) Translocation by Long-Range PCRof Genomic DNAYunfang Jiang, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, and Andreas H. Sarris.......... 978 Use of DNA Fingerprinting to Detect Genetic Rearrangementsin Human CancerVorapan Sirivatanauksorn, Yongyut Sirivatanauksorn,Arthur B. McKie, and Nicholas R. Lemoine ............................... 1079 Mutation Analysis of Large Genomic Regions in Tumor DNA UsingSingle-Strand Conformation Polymorphism: Lessons fromthe ATM GeneIgor Vorechovsky ............................................................................... 11510 Mutational Analysis of Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genesin Human Cancer Using Denaturing Gradient Gel ElectrophoresisPer Guldberg, Kirsten Grønbæk, Jesper Worm, Per thor Straten,and Jesper Zeuthen .......................................................................... 125viiviii Contents11 Detection of Mutations in Human Cancer Using NonisotopicRNase Cleavage AssayMarianna Goldrick and James Prescott ......................................... 14112 Mutational Analysis of the Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Genein Childhood Myelodysplastic Syndromes Using a ProteinTruncation AssayLucy Side ............................................................................................ 15713 Mutation Analysis of Cancer Using Automated SequencingAmanda Strickson and Carrie Fidler ............................................... 17114 Detection of Differentially Expressed Genes in Cancer UsingDifferential DisplayYineng Fu ............................................................................................ 17915 Genomewide Gene Expression Analysis Using cDNA MicroarraysChuang Fong Kong and David Bowtell........................................... 19516 Gene Expression Profiling in Cancer Using cDNA MicroarraysJaved Khan, Lao H. Saal, Michael L. Bittner, Yuan Jiang,Gerald C. Gooden, Arthur A. Glatfelter, and Paul S. Meltzer ..... 20517 Wilms Tumor Gene WT1 as a Tumor Marker for Leukemic Blast Cellsand Its Role in LeukemogenesisHaruo Sugiyama................................................................................. 22318 Detection of Aberrant Methylation of the p15INK4B Gene PromoterToshiki Uchida ................................................................................... 23919 Clonality Studies in Cancer Based on X Chromosome InactivationPhenomenonJohn T. Phelan II and Josef T. Prchal ............................................. 25120 Telomere Length Changes in Human CancerDominique Broccoli and Andrew K. Godwin ................................. 27121 Measurement of Telomerase Activity in Human Hematopoietic Cellsand Neoplastic DisordersKazuma Ohyashiki and Junko H. Ohyashiki .................................. 279Index ............................................................................................................ 301