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Mutation of the p53 gene predicts lymph node metastases in Japanese patients with esophageal carcinoma: DNA and immunohistochemical analyses.
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus - 1 Jan 2003
Hattori K, Kajiyama Y, Tsurumaru M
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the clinicopathologic significance of p53 gene mutations, including a comparison of DNA analysis and immunohistochemical examination, in Japanese patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, a highly aggressive cancer. Genomic DNA isolated from 76 tumors without preoperative treatment was subjected to polymerase chain reaction and sequencing. Associations were sought between p53 mutations and...
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