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Clinical implications of p53 mutations in lung cancer.
Methods in molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2003
Campling Barbara G, el-Deiry Wafik S
Abstract excerpt
The process of bronchial carcinogenesis is characterized by accumulated genetic abnormalities which ultimately lead to malignant transformation of bronchial epithelial cells, followed by invasion and metastasis. One of the most common and consistent of these genetic lesions is inactivation of the p53 tumor suppressor gene by mutation or deletion. The frequency of p53 alterations in lung cancer is highest in those...
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