Metastatic disease is, by far, the overwhelming cause of death in cancer patients and is therefore one of the most important areas of cancer research. This first volume provides laboratory methods that cancer researchers can utilize to study cancerous cells and tissues.

Part I. Detection Methods for Cellular Markers of Metastatic Potential Histopathological Assessment of Metastasis Derek E. Roskell and Ian D. Buley Basic Immunocytochemistry for Light Microscopy Susan A. Brooks Multiple Labeling Techniques for Fluorescence Microscopy Amanda J. Atherton and Catherine Clarke Lectin Histochemistry to Detect Altered Glycosylation in Cells and Tissues Susan A. Brooks and Debbie M. S. Hall Immunocytochemical Detection and Characterization of Individual Micrometastatic Tumor Cells Stephan Braun and Klaus Pantel Understanding Metastasis Through Integrin Expression Lawrence John and Massimo Pignatelli Surrogate Markers of Angiogenesis and Metastasis Girolamo Ranieri and Giampietro Gasparini Measurement of Microvessel Density in Primary Tumors Helen E. Turner and Adrian L. Harris Assessment of Cellular Proliferation by Calculation of Mitotic Index and by Immunohistochemistry Cheryl E. Gillett Flow Cytometric Measurement of Cell Proliferation Richard S. Camplejohn SDS-PAGE and Western Blotting Techniques Christine Blancher and Adam Jones Assessment of Gelatinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) by Gelatin Zymography Marta Toth and Rafael Fridman Part II. Genetic Aspects of Metastasis In Situ Hybridization to Localize mRNAs Richard Poulsom Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Hakan Goker and Janet Shipley Comparative Genomic Hybridization Rebecca Roylance RNA Purification and Quantification Methods Adam Jones, Chisato Fujiyama, and Kenneth Smith Northern and Southern Blotting and the Polymerase Chain Reaction to Detect Gene Expression Thelma Tennant, Marina Chekmareva, and Carrie W. Rinker-Schaeffer Methylation Analysis of CpG Islands Richard Lilischkis, Hermann Kneitz, and Hans Kreipe Detection of Metastatic Tumor Cells in Blood by Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction Katja Haack, Krishna Soondrum, and Michael Neumaier Differential Display Ruey Ho Kao and Giulio Francia Part III. Mathematical Modeling of Metastases Predictive Mathematical Modeling in Metastasis Jonathan A. Sherratt