Identification of tumour-specific translocations in archival material.

A reverse transcriptase nested polymerase reaction (RT-nPCR) method has been developed to detect the presence of a tumour-specific translocation in archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue. This technique can be applied to the large numbers of tumours in pathology departments' archives, allowing correlation of translocations with morphological diagnosis, response to therapy, and survival.