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Alterations of p16 and prognosis in biliary tract cancers from a population-based study in China.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Mar 2004
Ueki Takashi, Hsing Ann W, Gao Yu-Tang, Wang Bing-Sheng, Shen Ming-Chang, Cheng Jiarong, Deng Jie, Fraumeni Joseph F, Rashid Asif
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Biliary tract cancer is an uncommon malignancy with a poor survival rate. We evaluated p16 gene alteration as a prognostic marker for this disease. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We studied p16 gene alterations by sequencing, methylation, and loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 9p in 118 biliary tract carcinomas, including 68 gallbladder cancers, 33 extrahepatic bile duct cancers, and 17 ampullary cancers....
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