Article
p53 gene alterations in prostate cancer after radiation failure and their association with clinical outcome: a molecular and immunohistochemical analysis.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Jan 1999
Rakozy C, Grignon D J, Li Y, Gheiler E, Gururajanna B, Pontes J E, Sakr W, Wood D P, Sarkar F H
Abstract excerpt
This study evaluates the prevalence of p53 gene mutations in prostate cancer in salvage prostatectomies after radiation failure using single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) and direct sequencing of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) product. Findings were correlated with immunohistochemically (IHC) detectable p53 expression in residual prostate cancer. The usefulness of p53 as a marker of clinical...
Topics
- Aged
- Disease-Free Survival
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
