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p53 mutations in leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome after ovarian cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 May 2002
Leonard Debra G B, Travis Lois B, Addya Kathakali, Dores Graca M, Holowaty Eric J, Bergfeldt Kjell, Malkin David, Kohler Betsy A, Lynch Charles F, Wiklund Tom, Stovall Marilyn, Hall Per, Pukkala Eero, Slater Diana J, Felix Carolyn A
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PURPOSE: Although p53 mutations occur in alkylating agent-related leukemias, their frequency and spectrum in leukemias after ovarian cancer have not been addressed. The purpose of this study was to examine p53 mutations in leukemias after ovarian cancer, for which treatment with platinum analogues was widely used. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Adequate leukemic or dysplastic cells were available in 17 of 82 cases of...
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