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Loss of heterozygosity at 1p36 predicts poor prognosis in gastrointestinal stromal/smooth muscle tumors.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology - 1 Dec 1999
O'Leary T, Ernst S, Przygodzki R, Emory T, Sobin L
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal stromal/smooth muscle tumors are uncommon neoplasms for which current criteria for diagnosing malignancy (size and mitotic index) sometimes fail to predict outcome. Cytogenetic studies reveal frequent chromosome 1 abnormalities in these tumors, but significant underlying molecular changes have not been elucidated, and their significance is unknown. DNA was obtained from the formalin-fixed,...
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