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Analyses of p53 expression pattern and BRCA mutations in patients with double primary breast and ovarian cancer.
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society - 1 Jan 2000
Bruchim I, Fishman A, Friedman E, Goldberg I, Chetrit A, Barshack I, Dekel E, Hirsh-Yechezkel G, Modan B, Kopolovic J
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the somatic pattern of p53 expression and BRCA germline mutation status in Israeli patients with both ovarian (OvCa) and breast cancer (BrCa). METHODS: The study group comprised 43 Israeli patients with OvCa, all of whom had previous primary BrCa. p53 immunohistochemistry (IHC) on all available archival tissues and genotyping for the three predominant Jewish germline BRCA1-2 mutations were...
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