Basic information

Biomarker: DNA ploidy

Biomarker subtype: DNA

Clinical application: diagnosis

Histology type: serous adenocarcinoma

Cohort characteristics

Country: Norway

Region: Oslo

Followed up time : 5-year

Total number Group I Group I number Group II Group II number Group III Group III number Group IV Group IV number
73 serous adenocarcinoma 73

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Description: A DNA ploidy parameter, 5c exceeding rate, may be a prognostic marker in this patient group and should be further validated in larger series.

Detailed Description: Ploidy is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Sets of chromosomes refer to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respectively, in each homologous chromosome pair, which chromosomes naturally exist as. Somatic cells, tissues, and individual organisms can be described according to the number of sets of chromosomes present (the "ploidy level"): monoploid (1 set), diploid (2 sets), triploid (3 sets), tetraploid (4 sets), pentaploid (5 sets), hexaploid (6 sets), heptaploid[doi:10.1007/bf00119108] or septaploid[3] (7 sets), etc. The generic term polyploid is often used to describe cells with three or more chromosome sets.[doi:10.1007/978-3-642-96327-8][Darlington, C. D. (Cyril Dean) (1937). Recent advances in cytology. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's son & co. p. 60.]

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