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TUMOR MARKERS Flashcards

1
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Used to diagnose cancer and categorize types of cancers

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Tumor Markers

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2
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What tumor markers determine?

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Tumor burden

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3
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What are the Ideal Tumor Markers?

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Specificity
Lead time
Sensitivity
Short half-life
Cost effective

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4
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It is highly specific to a given tumor and present in patients with malignancies

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Specificity

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5
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Should not be seen on healthy individuals; only in _______ if ever present.

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Specificity; trace amounts

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6
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Produce measurable amounts even in small quantities

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Lead Time

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7
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Low false positive rates

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Sensitivity

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8
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Indicates precise progression or regression of tumors

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Short half-life

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9
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Inexpensive and acceptable to the target population

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Cost effective

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10
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2 Classification of Tumor Markers

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According to Location
According to Chemical Structure

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11
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What are included in According to Location?

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a. Circulating tumor markers
b. Tumor tissue markers

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What are included in According to Chemical Structure?

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a. Enzymes
b. Hormones
c. Oncofetal antigens
d. Tumor-associated antigen
e. Special serum proteins
f. Miscellaneous markers

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13
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Where Circulating tumor markers can be found?

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Blood
Urine
Stool
other body fluids

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14
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Tumor tissue markers can found in:

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Actual Tumors

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15
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Circulating Tumor Markers can be used to:

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Estimate prognosis
Detect residual disease
Assess treatment response
Monitor resistance to treatment

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Tumor tissue markers can be used to:

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Diagnose, stage, and or classify cancer
Estimate prognosis
Select an appropriate treatment

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17
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What are the Enzymes that are included in Chemical Structure of Tumor Markers?

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Acid Phosphatase (ACP)
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)
Terminal Deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase (TdT)
Neuron-specific enolase

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18
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> 3ng/mL: prostatic cancer (advanced phase)

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Acid Phosphatase (ACP)

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19
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Metastases to bone
Liver and osteogenic sarcoma

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Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)

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20
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Lactate Dehydrogenase

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Cervix
Colon
Leukmia
Liver
Lymphoma

C2L3

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21
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Increases concentration in RBC

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LD1 & LD2

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22
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Increase LDH

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Increase RBC destruction in leukemic states

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23
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Leukemia

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Terminal Deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase (TdT)

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24
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Neuron-specific enolase

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Brain Tumor
Neuroblastoma
Small cell tumor of lungs

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25
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What are the Hormones in Chemical structure?

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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Calcitonin
Catecholamines
Human chorionic gonadotropin (Beta-HCG)
Thyroid kinase

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26
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Human Chorionic gonadotropin (Beta-HCG)

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Choriocarcinoma
Germ cell tumor (ovary and testes)
Pregnant
Trophoblastic tumors

(CGPT)

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27
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Catecholamines

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Ganglioneuroma
Neuroblastoma
Pheochromocytoma
Produced by Adrenal gland

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28
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Calcitonin

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Medullary thyroid tumor

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29
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone

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adrenals
Cell carcinoma of lung

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30
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Thyroid kinase evaluate disease spread in patients with:

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Brain tumor
breast cancer
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Small cell lung tumor

(B2L2S)

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31
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What are Oncofetal Antigens?

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Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)

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32
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> 1200ng/mL: confirm the diagnosis of primary liver (hepatocellular) cancer

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Alpha-fetoprotein(AFP)

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33
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Alpha-fetoprotein:
(percentage) specific: non-seminoma germ tumor

34
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Cancers in Alpha-fetoprotein

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Pancreas
Lungs
Ovary
Testes
Gastric

(PlotG)

35
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It is Colorectal Cancer

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Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)

36
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Carcinoembryonic Antigen

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Breast
Lungs
Metastases

37
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What are the tumor associated antigen?

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Carcinomic Antigen
•CA 15-3
•CA 125
•CA 19-9

•Prostate specific antigen (PSA)

38
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CA 15-3

> 30U/mL:______

A

Breast Cancer

39
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CA 125
>35U/mL:______

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Breast cancer
Benign/malignant gynecological disease
Cervical cancer
Endometrial cancer

40
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CA 15-3
Others: ______

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Cervical
GI
Ovarian
Lung
Prostatic

CGOLP

41
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CA 125
Others:

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Lung cancer
Peritoneal malignant mesothelioma
Prostatic cancer

42
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CA 19-9 is more specific in?

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Pancreatic and Liver cancer

43
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CA 19-9

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•Gastrointestinal tumors
•Colorectal, Gastric, and Ovarian Cancer

44
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Prostate Specific Antigen is specific for?

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Prostatic Cancer

45
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What are the Special Serum Proteins?

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Beta-2-Microglobulin
Bombesin
Ferritin
S-100 Protein
Thyroglobulin

(B2FST)

46
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Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

47
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Follicular Thyroid carcinoma

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Thyroglobulin

48
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Iron binding capacity

49
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Acute Leukemia

50
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Ferritin

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Lungs
Liver
Prostatic Cancer

51
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Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia & Lymphomas

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Beta-2-Microglobulin

52
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Beta-2-Microglobulin

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Breast
Colorectal cancer
Lung
Pancreatic

53
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Bombesin

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Gastric cancer
Neuroblastoma
Pancreatic cancer
small cell carcinoma of lungs

54
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Prognostic factor of S-100 Protein

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Malignant melanoma

55
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S-100 Protein

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Astrocytoma
Glioblastoma
Meningioma
Neurinoma

56
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What are the Miscellaneous Markers?

A

Polyamines
Nucleosides
Tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA)

57
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Elevated in URINE in cases of rapid generation of cells of certain tissue

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Polyamines

58
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Polyamines

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Spermine
Spermidine
Putrescine

59
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Nucleosides are component of?

60
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Nucleosides

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Dimethyl guanosine
Pseudoridine

61
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Enters the circulation in large amounts in cases of enhanced cellular proliferation=malignant processes

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Nucleosides

62
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Non-specific marker of enhanced cellular proliferation

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Tissue Polypeptide antigen

63
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Immunologic detection relies on:

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Monoclonal antibodies

64
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Specific antibodies are incubated with tissue sections

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Immunohistochemistry & Immunofluorescence

65
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It detects the presence/abscence of antigen

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Immunohistochemistry & Immunofluorescence

66
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Colorimetric or fluorescent secondary antibodies

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Immunohistochemistry & Immunofluorescence

67
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It is the most commonly used method to measure tumor markers

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Immunoassays

68
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Example of Immunoassays

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Radioimmunoassay (RIA) & Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

69
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Automate testing & rapid analysis

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Immunoassays

70
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What are the methods of detection of tumor markers?

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I. IMMUNOLOGIC DETECTION
II. HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY
III. ENZYME ASSAY
IV. FLOW CYTOMETRY
V. CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS
VI. GENETIC ANALYSIS
VII. PROTEOMICS

71
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It is commonly used to detect small molecules

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High-perfomance liquid chromatography

72
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It detect catecholamine metalobites in plasma and urine

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High-performance liquid chromatography

73
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Requires more experience and skill than automated immunoassays

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High-performance liquid chromatography

74
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Enzyme Assays

75
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ALP:

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Bone
liver
leukemia
sarcoma

76
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LDH:

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Liver
Lymphomas
Leukemia
others

77
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Analyze the presence and percentage to antibody tagged cells

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Flow Cytometry

78
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What are the Cytogenetic Analysis?

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a. Fluorescent in-situ hybridization
b. Spectral karyotyping
c. Comparative genomic hybridization

79
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What are the Genetic analysis?

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a.Sequencing (automated)
b. Reverse transcription
c. Gel electrophoresis
d. DNA micro-array analysis

80
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Surface enhanced laser desorption/ionization

A

Proteomics

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