The United States of America As Represented by the Department of Health

Evelin Schrock

Gert Auer

Thomas Ried

Kerstin Heselmeyer

Merryn Macville

The invention provides a method of detecting the presence of invasive cervical carcinoma in a subject comprising detecting in a cervical cell from the subject the presence of a chromosome abnormality which is associated with invasive cervical carcinoma; the presence of the cervical cell containing the chromosome abnormality indicating the presence of invasive cervical carcinoma in the subject. The invention also provides a method of detecting the presence of advanced-stage cervical carcinoma in a subject comprising detecting in a cervical cell from the subject the presence of a chromosome abnormality associated with advanced-stage cervical carcinoma; the presence of the cervical cell containing the chromosome abnormality indicating the presence of advanced-stage cervical carcinoma in the subject. The invention also provides a method of classifying the progression of dysplastic cervical cells from a non-invasive cervical carcinoma to an invasive cervical carcinoma comprising analyzing the dysplastic cervical cells for the presence of a chromosome abnormality which is associated with invasive cervical carcinoma, and classifying the dysplastic cervical cells having the chromosome abnormality as having progressed from a non-invasive cervical carcinoma cells to an invasive cervical carcinoma. The invention further provides kits comprising nucleic acids that specifically hybridize to chromosome 3q and specifically hybridize to another chromosome, and to compositions comprising nucleic acids.

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Evelin Schrock