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P53 alterations have no prognostic or predictive significance in Dukes' C rectal carcinomas.
International journal of oncology - 1 Dec 1999
Elsaleh H, Soontrapornchai P, Grieu F, Joseph D, Iacopetta B
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the prognostic significance of p53 alterations in a consecutive series of 122 Dukes' C rectal carcinomas with a median patient follow-up period of 56 months. One third of patients were treated with post-operative adjuvant chemotherapy. Overexpression of p53 protein was observed in 42% (50/118) of cases using immunohistochemical analysis and mutation of the p53 gene in 38% (47/122) using single...
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