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Pancreatic carcinoma in carriers of a specific 19 base pair deletion of CDKN2A/p16 (p16-leiden).
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Sept 2003
de vos tot Nederveen Cappel Wouter H, Offerhaus G Johan A, van Puijenbroek Marjo, Caspers Eric, Gruis Nelleke A, De Snoo Femke A, Lamers Cornelis B H W, Griffioen Gerrit, Bergman Wilma, Vasen Hans F A, Morreau Hans
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The purpose is to document the clinical, pathological, and genetic features of pancreatic carcinoma (PC) in carriers of a specific p16-Leiden mutation (a 19-bp deletion in exon 2 of the CDKN2A gene). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Clinical data and paraffin embedded tissue were obtained from 12 patients of p16-Leiden-positive families with PC. Because of the known 19-bp germ-line deletion, we could specifically...
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