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Integrated p53 histopathologic/genetic analysis of premalignant lesions of the esophagus.
Cancer detection and prevention - 1 Jan 2000
Safatle-Ribeiro A V, Ribeiro U, Sakai P, Clarke M R, Fylyk S N, Ishioka S, Gama-Rodrigues J, Finkelstein S D, Reynolds J C
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UNLABELLED: Esophageal carcinoma frequently occurs in patients with long-standing achalasia. AIM: To examine the role of p53 alterations and PCNA in patients with megaesophagus. METHODS: Sections of four tumors, and corresponding adjacent areas, from patients with achalasia due to Chagas' disease were examined by immunohistochemistry for p53 and PCNA proteins. Furthermore, 128 biopsies from 16 advanced achalasic...
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