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Early loss of heterozygosity on 17q in ovarian cancer. The Abe Ovarian Cancer Genetics Group.
Oncogene - 1 Oct 1992
Eccles D M, Russell S E, Haites N E, Atkinson R, Bell D W, Gruber L, Hickey I, Kelly K, Kitchener H, Leonard R
Abstract excerpt
We have studied 146 ovarian tumours (94 carcinomas, 22 tumours of low malignant potential and 30 benign tumours) for evidence of allele loss on chromosome 17p and 17q sufficient to imply the proximity of a tumour-suppressor gene. We have examined two polymorphic loci (YNZ22.2 and BHP53) on 17p13 and one on chromosome 17q (17q23-qter). Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was detected in 34/63 (54%) informative malignant...
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