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Accumulation of p53 tumor suppressor gene protein: an independent marker of prognosis in breast cancers.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 3 Jun 1992
Thor A D, Moore DH I I, Edgerton S M, Kawasaki E S, Reihsaus E, Lynch H T, Marcus J N, Schwartz L, Chen L C, Mayall B H
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BACKGROUND: Mutations of the tumor suppressor gene p53 have been identified in breast cancer cell lines, and some breast carcinomas are detectable by immunohistochemical assay because of p53 protein accumulation. PURPOSE: This study was designed to determine whether p53 protein accumulation in breast cancers correlates with p53 gene mutation, with survival, and with five pathobiologic factors associated with...
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