Method for specifically detecting tumor cells and their precursors in uterine cervical smears by simultaneously measuring at least 2 different molecular markers

The present invention relates to an automatable method for obtaining an improved diagnosis of cancer, and its precancerous stages in uterine cervical smears by simultaneously staining and detecting at least two different molecular markers, which exhibit a disease-associated change in gene expression...

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Hauptverfasser: Henning, Guido, Wirtz, Ralph, Doth, Margit, Bohmann, Kerstin, Unger, Sylvia
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to an automatable method for obtaining an improved diagnosis of cancer, and its precancerous stages in uterine cervical smears by simultaneously staining and detecting at least two different molecular markers, which exhibit a disease-associated change in gene expression, in a cell by means of using antibodies or nucleic acid probes.