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p53 null mutations detected by a p53 yeast functional assay predict a poor outcome in young esophageal carcinoma patients.
International journal of oncology - 1 Sept 2002
Osugi Harushi, Morimura Keiichirou, Okuda Eiki, Takemura Masashi, Higashino Masayuki, Takada Nobuyasu, Kinoshita Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Esophageal carcinoma is one of the most common gastrointestinal malignant neoplasms in the world. Recent advances in treatment modalities as well as surgical resection techniques have improved the changes of survival of patients with esophageal carcinoma, although the prognosis is worse than for the other gastrointestinal carcinomas. A more precise stratification beyond clinicopathological classification may help...
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