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Molecular genetics and biochemical mechanisms in bladder cancer. Oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, and growth factors.
The Urologic clinics of North America - 1 Nov 1992
Sidransky D, Messing E
Abstract excerpt
Transitional-cell carcinoma of the bladder is believed to arise through a series of genetic changes affecting cell growth and proliferation. Two basic types of such genes have been described: protooncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. The former have not been studied extensively in bladder cancer, although there is evidence that c-erb B-2/neu is overexpressed. Loss of specific chromosomal regions, which is common...
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