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INK4a-ARF alterations and p53 mutations in primary and consecutive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Aug 2002
Weber Anette, Bellmann Ulf, Bootz Friedrich, Wittekind Christian, Tannapfel Andrea
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BACKGROUND: The INK4a-ARF (CDKN2A) locus, located on chromosome 9p21, encodes two functionally distinct tumor suppressor genes, p14(ARF) and p16(INK4a), that play active roles in the p53 and Rb tumor suppressive pathways, respectively. We analyzed the alterations of p14(ARF), p16(INK4a) and p53 to study the contribution of each pathway in tumorigenesis of 29 patients with primary and consecutive (second primary)...
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