Division of Cancer Proteomics, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute and Hospital, 171-76 Stockholm, Sweden. uwe.roblick@cck.ki.se
This article concludes the Journal's "Scientific Surgery" series of leaders. The series, published throughout 2005, has highlighted areas of bioscience that may soon be transferred from the laboratory into the clinical sphere. In this final paper Roblick and Auer consider the future role of the surgeon in the era of the "diagnostic chip".