Molecular Diagnostics: 12 Tests That Changed Everything

Book Overview

Oncology

1) Clinical FISH Testing for the Diagnosis of Solid Tumors
Benjamin R Kipp and Kevin C. Halling

2) Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Testing in Lung Adenocarcinoma.
Neal I. Lindeman

3) The Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)
Laura J. Tafe and Gregory J. Tsongalis

4) Tamoxifen and Irinotecan Pharmacogenomics
John Logan Black III

Infectious Disease

5) Hepatitis C Virus Testing
Hassan M.E. Azzazy and Karim M. Abdel Hady

6) Laboratory Testing for HIV Infection: Advances after 27 years
Joseph Nkeze; Niel Constantine; and Richard Y. Zhao

7) Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid using Real-time PCR
Thomas F. Smith; Mark J. Espy; and Matthew J. Binnicker

8) Toward a Safer Blood Supply: The Impact of Molecular Testing
Niel T. Constantine; Patricia A. Wright; Ahmed Saleh; and Anna DeMarinis

Genetics

9) Chromosomal Microarrays
Umut Aypar; Swaroop Aradhya; Hutton Kearney; Christa Martin; Sarah South; and Eric Thorland

10) BRCA1 and BRCA2 Testing in Inherited Breast Cancer
Karla R. Bowles and Eric Rosenthal

11) Cystic Fibrosis: Carrier Testing, Newborn Screening, and Diagnostic Testing
W. Edward Highsmith, Jr.

12) Newborn Screening by Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Confirmation
Sean Hofer and Devin Oglesbee

Future Directions: The Test That will Change Everything - Again

13) Next Generation Clinical Diagnostics: The Sequence of Events
Nicole Hoppman; David I. Smith; Eric W. Klee; Matthew J. Ferber

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493942654
• ISBN13: 9781493942657
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"