Molecular diagnosis in female genital tract tumors: Presentation of interesting cases

Introduction Recent developments in molecular cytogenetics and molecular cell biology have born fruits as new medical strategies. In the field of diagnostic surgical pathology, the introduction of so-called molecular diagnostics appears to be based on such trends. Although most female genital tract tumors have not fully been studied molecular-cytogenetically, the concept, nomenclature, and the therapy of them may be altered as a result of such a study. In the present session, some molecular techniques including reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) were discussed with the diagnostic applications to diagnostically-problematic female genital tract tumors.