Contents

K. Conrad, M. Bachmann, W. Lehmann, U. Sack (Eds.)

Methods, Possibilities and Perspectives of Pre-symptomatic Tumor Diagnostics


INTRODUCTION

  • H.-H. König: Economic aspects of pre-symptomatic tumor diagnostics
  • P. Oehr: Perspectives of molecular diagnostics – From “omics“ to molecular imaging

Chapter 1: TUMOR AND AUTOIMMUNITY

  • J.-Y. Zhang, E. K.L. Chan: Tumor specific autoimmune responses - Why and when do they develop?
  • K. Conrad, D. Roggenbuck, M. Bachmann: Autoantibodies as indicators of tumor development
  • M. Koslowski, Ö. Türeci, U. Sahin: Identification of tumor-associated autoantibodies by SEREX technology
  • M. Montenarh: p53 autoantibodies in the diagnosis and prognosis of tumors
  • K. Großmann, U. Wagner, S. Milius, K. Conrad, U. Canzler, M. Bachmann, W. Lehmann: The microblot – a new tool for multiparameter immunodiagnostics

Chapter 2: BIOMARKER AND PROTEOMIC ANALYSES

  • R. Lamerz, P. Stieber: Tumor markers – Diagnostic relevance and perspectives
  • B. Seliger: Identification of diagnostic biomarkers for tumors by proteome analysis
  • S. Klein-Scory, W. Schmiegel, I. Schwarte-Waldhoff: Immunosecretomics: Identification of tumor associated antigens by serological screening of tumor cell secretomes
  • J. Lichey: Overview and perspectives for the SELDI technology in early cancer diagnosis
  • T. Elssner, M. Kostrzewa: CLINPROT – a MALDI-TOF MS based system for biomarker discovery and analysis
  • A. Wiesner: ProteinChip® technology – Chances and perspectives in tumor diagnostics
  • S. Holdenrieder: Circulating apoptotic markers in the diagnosis and prognosis of malignant tumors
  • K. Schnurr, V. Muravsky, G. Seibt, G. Matthes: The analysis of functional characteristics of serum albumin – a novel possibility of early cancer diagnosis

Chapter 3: GENETIC ANALYSES AND DISSEMINATED TUMOR CELLS

  • B. Jandrig: Identification and analysis of hereditary cancer susceptibility
  • C. Pilarsky, R. Grützmann: The use of microarray based gene expression profiling for the diagnosis of malignancies
  • M. Fleischhacker, B. Schmidt: Circulating nucleic acids – do they have a meaning in cancer research?
  • A. Meye: Disseminated tumor cells in blood and bone marrow in patients with urologic tumors – Methods of detection and relevance
  • U. Anderer: Human tumor cells in vivo & in vitro: Modulation of differentiation and behaviour - Influence on in vitro cytotoxicity testing?

Chapter 4: IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENDOSCOPICAL METHODS

  • M. Hentschel, F. Müller, I. Brink: Potentials and limits of combined anatomical and functional imaging modalities in tumor diagnosis
  • F. Stanzel: Autofluorescence bronchoscopy in early detection of central premalignant and malignant bronchial changes
  • M. Hocke, E. Schulze, P. Gottschalk, C. F. Dietrich: The use of contrast enhanced endoscopic ultrasound in discrimination between focal pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer
  • C. Krafft, W. Steller, R. Salzer: Infrared spectroscopic imaging - an analytical tool for tumor diagnostics

 


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