Article
Genetic alterations in gallbladder adenoma, dysplasia and carcinoma.
Cancer letters - 10 Aug 2001
Kim Y T, Kim J, Jang Y H, Lee W J, Ryu J K, Park Y K, Kim S W, Kim W H, Yoon Y B, Kim C Y
Abstract excerpt
Adenoma and dysplasia in the gallbladder (GB) have been reported as precancerous lesions, but the genetic evidence of this is not clearly defined. The purpose of this study was to analyze the frequencies of K-ras, p53, and p16 gene mutations, of microsatellite instability (MI) and of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in GB cancer, dysplasia, and adenoma. Tissues from 15 GB cancers, five dysplasias around cancerous...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Carcinoma
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Gallbladder
- Gallbladder Neoplasms
- Genes, p16
- Genes, p53
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Loss of Heterozygosity
