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How is myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosed?

... Chromosome translocations (portions of chromosomes may trade places
with each other) may also be seen. Cytogenetic ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/myelodysplasticsyndrome/detailedguide/myelodysplastic-syndromes-diagnosis

How is chronic myelomonocytic leukemia diagnosed?

... CMML cells may also have extra copies of all or part of some
chromosomes. Chromosome translocations may also be seen. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia-chronicmyelomonocyticcmml/detailedguide/leukemia-chronic-myelomonocytic-diagnosed

Do we know what causes acute lymphocytic leukemia?

... most common translocation in ALL in adults is known as the Philadelphia
chromosome, which is a swapping of DNA between chromosomes 9 and ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia-acutelymphocyticallinadults/detailedguide/leukemia-acute-lymphocytic-what-causes

Do we know what causes chronic myeloid leukemia?

... start when a "swapping" of chromosomal material (DNA) occurs between
chromosomes 9 and 22 during cell division. Part of chromosome 9 goes to ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia-chronicmyeloidcml/detailedguide/leukemia-chronic-myeloid-myelogenous-what-causes

Leukemia -- Chronic Myelomonocytic

... CMML cells may also have extra copies of all or part of some
chromosomes. Chromosome translocations may also be seen. ...

http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003113-pdf.pdf

Do we know what causes testicular cancer?

... Usually, these chromosomes become unstable and progressively more
abnormal in their ... often have extra copies of a part of chromosome 12 (this ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/testicularcancer/detailedguide/testicular-cancer-what-causes

Do we know what causes acute myeloid leukemia?

... in many cases of AML, but larger changes in one or more chromosomes are
also ... Several types of chromosome changes may be found in AML cells ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia-acutemyeloidaml/detailedguide/leukemia-acute-myeloid-myelogenous-what-causes

Do we know what causes tumors?

... Less often, the swapping occurs between chromosomes 22 and 21,
or rarely between 22 and another chromosome. The ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/ewingfamilyoftumors/detailedguide/ewing-family-of-tumors-what-causes

Do we know what causes rhabdomyosarcoma?

... pairs of chromosomes in each cell (one set of chromosomes comes from ...
activated when bits of DNA are switched from one chromosome to another ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/rhabdomyosarcoma/detailedguide/rhabdomyosarcoma-what-causes

How is acute myeloid leukemia classified?

... 16; AML with changes in chromosome 11; APL (M3), which usually
has translocation between chromosomes 15 and 17. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia-acutemyeloidaml/detailedguide/leukemia-acute-myeloid-myelogenous-classified