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Loss of heterozygosity is related to p53 mutations and smoking in lung cancer.
British journal of cancer - 1 Jan 2001
Zienolddiny S, Ryberg D, Arab M O, Skaug V, Haugen A
Abstract excerpt
Carcinogenesis results from an accumulation of several genetic alterations. Mutations in the p53 gene are frequent and occur at an early stage of lung carcinogenesis. Loss of multiple chromosomal regions is another genetic alteration frequently found in lung tumours. We have examined the association between p53 mutations, loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at frequently deleted loci in lung cancer, and tobacco exposure...
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