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Molecular analysis of p53, MDM2, and H-ras genes in osteosarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone in patients older than 40 years.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Aug 2002
Kawaguchi Ken-ichi, Oda Yoshinao, Sakamoto Akio, Saito Tsuyoshi, Tamiya Sadafumi, Iwamoto Yukihide, Tsuneyoshi Masazumi
Abstract excerpt
Some investigators have reported that the histological features of osteosarcoma (OS) arising in elderly patients are different from those in younger patients; however, a molecular biologic study of OS in elderly patients has not been documented. In this study, 23 cases of OS (15 osteoblastic and 8 MFH-like types) and 18 cases of MFH of bone in patients 40 years of age or older were analyzed for mutation of the...
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