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Table 6 FISH probes that are commonly used for clinical diagnosis of solid tumors

From: Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH): an increasingly demanded tool for biomarker research and personalized medicine

Probes

Cytogenetic anomaly

Associated disorder

CEP3,7,17; p16

Chromosome 3, 7, 17 aneuploidy; 9p21

Bladder carcinoma

HER-2/CEP17

17q11.2-q12

Breast cancer

TOP2A

17q21-22

Breast cancer

TERC/CEP3

3q26.3

Cervical cancer

EWSR1

22q12

Ewing sarcoma

EGFR

7p12

NSCLC

ALK

2p23

NSCLC

ROS1

6p22

NSCLC

TMPRSS2/ETV1

21q22.3/7p21.1

Prostate cancer

TMPRSS2/ETV4

21q22.3/17q21.3

Prostate cancer

ERG

21q22.2

Prostate cancer