Abstract:

In the last decade, enormous progress has been made in the understanding of mechanism of tumorigenesis as well as in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tumor because of many breakthroughs in tumor molecular biology research. This editorial introduces the review and original research papers published in this special issue of "Tumor-associated Genes". These articles provide our readers with up-to-date information on human cancer genome, genetic polymorphisms and miRNAs in the field of cancer research. We hope that the new information promotes more studies on tumor-associated genes and more clinical applications of tumor-associated gene tests in the field of laboratory medicine.

Key words: Tumor, Genomics, Single nucleotide polymorphisms, MicroRNA