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Molecular Testing for Solid Tumors

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Solid tumors are neoplasms arising from nonhematopoietic tissues of the body, which may be either benign or malignant, although most solid tumors for which molecular diagnosis is applied are malignant. Malignant solid tumors are divided into two broad categories, sarcoma and carcinoma, based upon their tissue of origin.

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  1. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

    Neal I. Lindeman MD (Associate Pathologist, Clinical Chemistry Associate Pathologist, Molecular Diagnostics, Assistant Professor of Pathology)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Neal I. Lindeman MD (Associate Pathologist, Clinical Chemistry Associate Pathologist, Molecular Diagnostics, Assistant Professor of Pathology) & Paola Dal Cin PhD (Associate Professor of Pathology Cytogenetics Laboratory)

  3. Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

    Paola Dal Cin PhD (Associate Professor of Pathology Cytogenetics Laboratory)

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Clarian Pathology Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

    Liang Cheng MD (Professor of Pathology and Urology, Director of Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Chief of Genitourinary Pathology Division) (Professor of Pathology and Urology, Director of Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Chief of Genitourinary Pathology Division)

  2. Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

    David Y. Zhang MD, PhD, MPH (Associate Professor of Pathology Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory) (Associate Professor of Pathology Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory)

  3. Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

    David Y. Zhang MD, PhD, MPH (Associate Professor of Pathology Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory) (Associate Professor of Pathology Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory)

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Lindeman, N.I., Cin, P.D. (2008). Molecular Testing for Solid Tumors. In: Cheng, L., Zhang, D.Y. (eds) Molecular Genetic Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-405-6_19

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