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Genetic basis of pituitary adenoma invasiveness: a review.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 May 2001
Suhardja A, Kovacs K, Rutka J
Abstract excerpt
Compatible with contemporary paradigms of the role of genetic aberrations in the progression of human tumors, the growth of pituitary tumors into a state of invasiveness appears to be due to genetic alterations. Amplification of H-ras and c-myc oncogenes and mutations of p53, nm23 and Rb genes have been identified disproportionately more in aggressive tumors and, in the case of Rb gene, in pituitary carcinomas,...
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