Cytogenetics
| Cytogenetics | |
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| Term | Cytogenetics |
| Short definition | cytogenetics - (pronounced) (SY-toh-jeh-NEH-tix) The study of chromosomes, which are long strands of DNA and protein that contain most of the genetic information in a cell. Cytogenetics involves testing tissue, blood, or bone marrow samples in a laboratory to look for changes in chromosomes, including broken, missing, rearranged, or extra chromosomes. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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cytogenetics - (pronounced) (SY-toh-jeh-NEH-tix) The study of chromosomes, which are long strands of DNA and protein that contain most of the genetic information in a cell. Cytogenetics involves testing tissue, blood, or bone marrow samples in a laboratory to look for changes in chromosomes, including broken, missing, rearranged, or extra chromosomes. Changes in certain chromosomes can be a sign of a genetic disease or condition, or some types of cancer. Cytogenetics can be used to diagnose a disease or condition, plan for treatment, or find out how well treatment is working
External links
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- Wikipedia's article - Cytogenetics
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