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Homozygous deletion of the PTEN tumor-suppressor gene is not a feature in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Oral oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Chen Q, Samaranayake L P, Zhou H, Xiao L
Abstract excerpt
A recently identified putative tumor-suppressor gene, PTEN, at 10q23 has been described as mutated or homozygously deleted in many different human tumors. To determine the role of the homozygous deletion of this PTEN gene in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), we screened two cell lines derived from the latter tissue and 28 tumor samples from patients with OSCC, using a differential display polymerase chain...
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