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Development of spontaneous mammary tumors in BALB/c p53 heterozygous mice. A model for Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Dec 2000
Kuperwasser C, Hurlbut G D, Kittrell F S, Dickinson E S, Laucirica R, Medina D, Naber S P, Jerry D J
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer is the most frequent tumor type among women in the United States and in individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. The p53 tumor suppressor gene is altered in a large proportion of both spontaneous breast malignancies and Li-Fraumeni breast cancers. This suggests that loss of p53 can accelerate breast tumorigenesis, yet p53-deficient mice rarely develop mammary tumors. To evaluate the effect of p53 loss...
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