Cytogenetic analysis
| Cytogenetic analysis | |
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| Term | Cytogenetic analysis |
| Short definition | cytogenetic analysis - (pronounced) (SY-toh-jeh-NEH-tik uh-NA-lih-sis) The process of analyzing cells in a sample of tissue, blood, bone marrow, or amniotic fluid 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. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
cytogenetic analysis - (pronounced) (SY-toh-jeh-NEH-tik uh-NA-lih-sis) The process of analyzing cells in a sample of tissue, blood, bone marrow, or amniotic fluid 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. Cytogenetic analysis can be used to diagnose disease, plan treatment, or find out how well treatment is working
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