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p53 status and response to radiotherapy in rectal cancer: a prospective multilevel analysis.
British journal of cancer - 20 Jun 2005
Lopez-Crapez E, Bibeau F, Thézenas S, Ychou M, Simony-Lafontaine J, Thirion A, Azria D, Grenier J, Senesse P
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to evaluate, in a prospective study, the predictive role of p53 status analysed at four different levels in identifying the response to preoperative radiotherapy in rectal adenocarcinoma. Before treatment, 70 patients were staged and endoscopic forceps biopsies from the tumour area were taken. p53 status was assessed by total cDNA sequencing, allelic loss analysis, immunohistochemistry,...
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