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PTEN methylation is associated with advanced stage and microsatellite instability in endometrial carcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jan 2001
Salvesen H B, MacDonald N, Ryan A, Jacobs I J, Lynch E D, Akslen L A, Das S
Abstract excerpt
Loss of heterozygosity and mutations in the PTEN (MMAC1) tumor suppressor gene are frequent in endometrial carcinoma. Promoter hypermethylation has recently been identified as an alternative mechanism of tumor suppressor gene inactivation in cancer, but its importance in the PTEN gene in endometrial carcinoma is unknown. The purpose of our study was to assess the frequency of promoter methylation of the PTEN gene...
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