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Catalog of chromosome aberrations in cancer, fourth edition. By Felix Mitelman. Publisher: Wiley‐Liss, Inc., New York, 1991

Catalog of chromosome aberrations in cancer, fourth edition. By Felix Mitelman. Publisher:... American Journal of Medical Genetics 44392 (1992) Book Review netics and Cytogenetics still provides by far the most CATALOG OF CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS IN CANCER, FOURTH EDITION. articles to be referenced, followed (by some distance) by Blood, Cancer and British Journal of Haematology. By Felix Mitelman. Publisher: Wiley-Liss, Inc., New York, 1991. Thank heavens the instructions for use have not changed. The computer has been able to accept increas- The fourth edition of Mitelman’s Catalog has grown ing karyotype complexity, with the exception that it by almost 850 pages and is in two volumes boxed to- gave firm resistance to allowing registration of karyo- gether. If the two become separated, each contains a one types with more than 255 characters. Mitelman says page summary of the Contents of both the Preface, An that the necessity of shortening some very complex Overview of the data base of cancer cytogenetics, In- karyotypes, sometimes at the expense of precision, will structions for Use of the catalog and a detailed seven be corrected in the next edition. But perhaps the com- page Contents of Chromosome Entries included in puter is trying to tell us something. both volumes. These are not called 1 and 2, or I and 11 but At the end, as before, sections are included on Homo- rather, the binding and title page distinguish the two by geneously Staining Regions and Double Minute listing what is included therein, Chromosome 1-12 for Chromosomes, both expanded in length. A comprehen- the first volume and Chromosomes 13-22, X and Y, sive section is added on Ring Chromosomes. The list- References for the second. This plan seems eminently ings of Molecular investigations performed on cancer- sound. How many times have we struggled to figure out associated aberrations are moved from the end of the what Volume I includes when we are looking at Volume Catalog to the end of each chromosome section. This I1 or visa versa. It is helpful to have all the introductory change is a good one in view of the expansion of molecu- material at the beginning of each book. lar studies related to individual chromosomes. The Ref- What else is new? The rapid growth in knowledge erences occupy about 1.5 times more pages, reflecting about chromosome aberrations in cancer has continued, directly the increase in information, since fortunately, and the present fourth edition comprises 14, 141 cases print type has not gotten smaller. collected from 3,496 references. In particular, informa- This Catalog continues to be an exceptionally useful tion about complex karyotypes in solid tumors has ex- compilation of oncology cytogenetics. This updated ver- panded. In the race for number of neoplasms per chromo- sion is well worth one’s money and time, both being in some, no chromosome seems to have fallen very far short supply these days. behind. Even the Y is holding its own. For the first time, the Catalog presents information Jean H. Priest only on published cases. Morphological diagnoses have Department of Medical Genetics been extended, especially for solid tumors, with the in- Shodair Hospital tent that a new and more logical order of disease pres- PO Box 5539 entation will make the retrieval of information on spe- Helena MT, 59601 cific tumor types easier. The journal sources seem not to have changed much since the third edition. Cancer Ge- Received for publication February 4, 1992. 0 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A Wiley

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Copyright © 1992 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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1552-4825
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1552-4833
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10.1002/ajmg.1320440331
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American Journal of Medical Genetics 44392 (1992) Book Review netics and Cytogenetics still provides by far the most CATALOG OF CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS IN CANCER, FOURTH EDITION. articles to be referenced, followed (by some distance) by Blood, Cancer and British Journal of Haematology. By Felix Mitelman. Publisher: Wiley-Liss, Inc., New York, 1991. Thank heavens the instructions for use have not changed. The computer has been able to accept increas- The fourth edition of Mitelman’s Catalog has grown ing karyotype complexity, with the exception that it by almost 850 pages and is in two volumes boxed to- gave firm resistance to allowing registration of karyo- gether. If the two become separated, each contains a one types with more than 255 characters. Mitelman says page summary of the Contents of both the Preface, An that the necessity of shortening some very complex Overview of the data base of cancer cytogenetics, In- karyotypes, sometimes at the expense of precision, will structions for Use of the catalog and a detailed seven be corrected in the next edition. But perhaps the com- page Contents of Chromosome Entries included in puter is trying to tell us something. both volumes. These are not called 1 and 2, or I and 11 but At the end, as before, sections are included on Homo- rather, the binding and title page distinguish the two by geneously Staining Regions and Double Minute listing what is included therein, Chromosome 1-12 for Chromosomes, both expanded in length. A comprehen- the first volume and Chromosomes 13-22, X and Y, sive section is added on Ring Chromosomes. The list- References for the second. This plan seems eminently ings of Molecular investigations performed on cancer- sound. How many times have we struggled to figure out associated aberrations are moved from the end of the what Volume I includes when we are looking at Volume Catalog to the end of each chromosome section. This I1 or visa versa. It is helpful to have all the introductory change is a good one in view of the expansion of molecu- material at the beginning of each book. lar studies related to individual chromosomes. The Ref- What else is new? The rapid growth in knowledge erences occupy about 1.5 times more pages, reflecting about chromosome aberrations in cancer has continued, directly the increase in information, since fortunately, and the present fourth edition comprises 14, 141 cases print type has not gotten smaller. collected from 3,496 references. In particular, informa- This Catalog continues to be an exceptionally useful tion about complex karyotypes in solid tumors has ex- compilation of oncology cytogenetics. This updated ver- panded. In the race for number of neoplasms per chromo- sion is well worth one’s money and time, both being in some, no chromosome seems to have fallen very far short supply these days. behind. Even the Y is holding its own. For the first time, the Catalog presents information Jean H. Priest only on published cases. Morphological diagnoses have Department of Medical Genetics been extended, especially for solid tumors, with the in- Shodair Hospital tent that a new and more logical order of disease pres- PO Box 5539 entation will make the retrieval of information on spe- Helena MT, 59601 cific tumor types easier. The journal sources seem not to have changed much since the third edition. Cancer Ge- Received for publication February 4, 1992. 0 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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