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Overexpression of wild-type p53 in lichen sclerosus adjacent to human papillomavirus-negative vulvar cancer.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Nov 2002
Vanin Katrina, Scurry James, Thorne Heather, Yuen Kally, Ramsay Robert G
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus is a risk factor for vulvar cancer, whereas human papillomavirus-negative late onset vulvar carcinoma is associated with the dermatologic condition, lichen sclerosus. Human papillomavirus E6 protein targets TP53 for degradation and by inference it has been assumed that human papillomavirus-negative vulvar cancer is dependent upon the acquisition of p53 somatic mutations and subsequent allelic...
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