Includes bibliographical references and index.

How it all began : cancer cytogenetics before sequencing / Felix Mitelman, Sverre Heim -- Cytogenetic methods / David Gisselsson -- Cytogenetic nomenclature / Sverre Heim, Felix Mitelman -- Nonrandom chromosome abnormalities in cancer : an overview / Sverre Heim, Felix Mitelman -- From chromosomes to genes : searching for pathogenetic fusions in cancer / Ioannis Panagopoulos -- Acute myeloid leukemia / Bertil Johansson, Christine Harrison -- Myelodysplastic syndromes / Harold J. Olney, Michelle M. Le Beau -- Chronic myeloid leukemia / Thoas Fioretos -- Chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms / Peter Vandenberghe, Lucienne Michaux -- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia / Christine Harrison, Bertil Johansson -- Mature B- and T-cell neoplasms and Hodgkin lymphoma / Reiner Siebert, Sietse M. Aukema -- Tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract / Susanne M. Gollin -- Tumors of the lung / Penny Nymark, Eeva Kettunen, Sakari Knuutila -- Tumors of the digestive tract / Georgia Bardi, Sverre Heim -- Tumors of the urinary tract / Paola Dal Cin -- Tumors of the breast / Manuel R. Teixeira, Nikos Pandis, Sverre Heim -- Tumors of the female genital system / Francesca Micci, Sverre Heim -- Tumors of the male genital organs / Manuel Teixeira, Sverre Heim -- Tumors of endocrine glands / Jörn Bullerdiek and David Gisselsson -- Tumors of the nervous system / Petter Brandal, Sverre Heim -- Tumors of the eye / Karen Sisley -- Tumors of the skin / Fredrik Mertens, Felix Mitelman, Sverre Heim -- Tumors of bone / Fredrik Mertens, Nils Mandahl -- Soft tissue tumors / Nils Mandahl, Fredrik Mertens.

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