Article
Frequent loss of heterozygosity for loci on chromosome 8p in hepatocellular carcinoma, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 1992
Emi M, Fujiwara Y, Nakajima T, Tsuchiya E, Tsuda H, Hirohashi S, Maeda Y, Tsuruta K, Miyaki M, Nakamura Y
Abstract excerpt
Frequent loss of heterozygosity at chromosomal loci in a specific tumor type may indicate the presence of a tumor suppressor gene. We have examined loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 8p in paired tumor and constitutional DNA from 346 patients representing seven different types of human cancer. Frequent allelic losses were observed in hepatocellular carcinoma (22 of 46 cases, 47.8%), in colorectal cancer (12 of...
Topics
- Alleles
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Gene Deletion
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms
