Novel Methods in the Study of the Breast Cancer Genome: Towards a Better Understanding of the Disease of Breast Cancer

Rapidly developing sequencing technologies and bioinformatic approacheshave provided us with an unprecedented instrument allowing for an unbiased and exhaustive characterization of the cancer genome in genetic, epigenetic and transcriptomic dimensions. This review introduces recent excitingfindings and new methodologies in genomic breast cancer research. With this development, cancer genome research will illuminate new delicate interactionsbetween molecular networks and thereby unravelthe underlying biological mechanisms for cancer initiation and progression. It also holds promise for providing a molecular clock for the estimation of the temporal processes of tumorigenesis. These methods in combination with single cell sequencing will make it possible to construct a family tree elucidating the evolutionary lineage relationships between cell populations at single-cell resolution. The anticipatedrapid progress in genomic breast cancer research should lead to anenhanced understanding of breast cancer biology andguide us towardsnovel ways to ultimatelyprevent and cure breast cancer.

美国临床生化科学院检验医学实践指南:睾丸、前列腺、结直肠、乳腺及卵巢癌肿瘤标志物的应用

经美国临床生化科学院(NCAB)授权,由鄢盛恺教授组织学者、专家翻译审定2009年NCAB检验医学实践指南:睾丸、前列腺、结直肠、乳腺及卵巢癌中肿瘤标志物的应用单行本(Catharine M.Sturgeon教授和Eleftherios P.Diaman-dis教授编辑)。该指南包含第1至6章共6部分内容,参加指南制订的专家阵容强大,分别从临床及检验角度对睾丸、前列腺、结直肠、乳腺及卵巢癌中肿瘤标志物的检测与临床应用方面的问题进行了详细阐述与说明,是目前国内外在肿瘤实验诊断方面的纲领性应用文件。不仅适合广大检验人员、临床医护人员学习使用,也非常适合相关仪器试剂生产厂商研发应用。本指南由刘洋、薛丽、林文涛、李江、梁红艳、顾兵、潘世扬、郑磊等翻译,姜晓峰、沈文梅、田亚平、鄢盛恺审校,最后由鄢盛恺统稿审定。本指南的翻译出版,不仅有助于我国检验人员和医护人员合理的检测和应用睾丸、前列腺、结直肠、乳腺及卵巢癌肿瘤标志物,对我国检验医学指南的编写与应用也有一定的借鉴作用。本刊特在本期刊发,以飨广大读者。