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Molecular disorders in transitional vs. peripheral zone prostate adenocarcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 1 Nov 2001
Colombo P, Patriarca C, Alfano R M, Cassani B, Ceva Grimaldi G, Roncalli M, Bosari S, Coggi G, Campo B, Gould V E
Abstract excerpt
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and microsatellite instability (MSI) have been shown to be mechanisms for tumor-suppressor gene inactivation in human oncogenesis. In our study, we examined LOH and MSI using 16 polymorphic markers of DNA for chromosomes 1, 3, 7, 8, 10 and 11. Microdissected tumor samples were isolated from 32 patients, representing 11 foci of incidentally discovered prostate cancer of the...
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