The p53 tumor suppressor gene. A preliminary clinical study in breast cancer patients.

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p53 was originally considered to be a nuclear oncogene, but several convergent lines of research have indicated that the wild-type gene functions as a tumor suppressor gene negatively regulating the cell cycle. Mutations in the p53 gene have been detected in many tumor types and seem to be the most common genetic alterations in human cancer. In this preliminary study, sera of 92 patients (pts) with breast disease...

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