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p53 alteration is not an independent prognostic indicator, but affects the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in human pancreatic cancer.
Journal of surgical oncology - 1 Feb 2003
Dong Ming, Nio Yoshinori, Yamasawa Kunihiro, Toga Tomoko, Yue Lishuang, Harada Takayuki
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mutations in the p53 gene are found in more than 50% of human cancers and are observed in 60-80% of pancreatic cancers. The clinicopathologic implications of p53 abnormalities and their effects on the efficacy of the adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer remain controversial. METHODS: We investigated the p53 status in core exon-4 to -9 (codon 33-331) by direct DNA sequencing in a...
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