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Chromosomal instability rather than p53 mutation is associated with response to neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy in gastric carcinoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jun 2003
Ott Katja, Vogelsang Holger, Mueller James, Becker Karen, Müller Martina, Fink Ulrich, Siewert Jörg Rüdiger, Höfler Heinz, Keller Gisela
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The objective of the study was to evaluate microsatellite alterations [microsatellite instability (MSI) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH)] and mutation in the p53 gene in relation to response and patient survival to a cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Fifty-three pretherapeutic gastric carcinoma biopsies were analyzed with 11 microsatellite markers. The...
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