PMID- 16823176 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060912 LR - 20191110 IS - 1570-5870 (Print) IS - 1875-8606 (Electronic) IS - 1570-5870 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 3 DP - 2006 TI - Molecular cytogenetics: genomic imbalances in colorectal cancer and their clinical impact. PG - 71-84 AB - Chromosomal aberrations play a dominant role in colorectal carcinogenesis. The application of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) based techniques such as comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and spectral karyotyping (SKY) revealed that colorectal carcinomas are characterized by a specific pattern of chromosomal imbalances which sequentially accumulate during cancer progression. This review aims to summarize molecular cytogenetic studies, provides a background on the functional relevance of chromosomal aberrations for colorectal cancer progression and discusses their potential clinical impact. FAU - Grade, Marian AU - Grade M AD - Department of General Surgery, University Medical Center Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Becker, Heinz AU - Becker H FAU - Liersch, Torsten AU - Liersch T FAU - Ried, Thomas AU - Ried T FAU - Ghadimi, B Michael AU - Ghadimi BM LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Netherlands TA - Cell Oncol JT - Cellular oncology : the official journal of the International Society for Cellular Oncology JID - 101219418 SB - IM MH - *Chromosome Aberrations MH - Colorectal Neoplasms/diagnosis/*genetics/pathology MH - Cytogenetic Analysis/*methods MH - Disease Progression MH - Genome, Human/genetics MH - Humans MH - Models, Biological MH - Nucleic Acid Hybridization/methods MH - Spectral Karyotyping/methods PMC - PMC4615150 EDAT- 2006/07/11 09:00 MHDA- 2006/09/13 09:00 PMCR- 2006/07/05 CRDT- 2006/07/11 09:00 PHST- 2006/07/11 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/09/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/07/11 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2006/07/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 173815 [pii] AID - 10.1155/2006/173815 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Oncol. 2006;28(3):71-84. doi: 10.1155/2006/173815.