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p53 mutation is infrequent in clear cell carcinoma of the ovary.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Feb 2001
Ho E S, Lai C R, Hsieh Y T, Chen J T, Lin A J, Hung M H, Liu F S
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OBJECTIVE: p53 gene alteration has been extensively studied in epithelial ovarian cancer. However, its occurrence in clear cell carcinoma, an infrequent histologic subtype of epithelial ovarian cancer, is rarely reported. The aim of this study is to determine the status of p53 gene alteration in this distinct type of ovarian carcinoma. METHODS: Paraffin blocks of tumors from 38 patients with primary or recurrent...
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