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Negative p53/positive p21 immunostaining is a predictor of favorable response to chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced bladder cancer.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Apr 2000
Koga F, Kitahara S, Arai K, Honda M, Sumi S, Yoshida K
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between clinical response to DNA-damaging drugs and p53 and p21 status in patients with locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder was assessed. The response to intraarterial chemotherapy (IAC) comprising 100 mg / m(2) of cisplatin (CDDP) and 40 mg / m(2) of pirarubicin (THP) and the prognosis were assessed in 23 patients (the mean follow-up period was 19 months). The p53...
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