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TP53 overexpression in recurrent endometrial carcinoma.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Feb 2006
Pijnenborg Johanna M A, van de Broek Leonie, Dam de Veen Geeske C, Roemen Guido M J M, de Haan Jelte, van Engeland Manon, Voncken Jan Willem, Groothuis Patrick G
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OBJECTIVE: To study alterations within the p53 pathway in relation to the development of recurrent stage I endometrioid endometrial carcinoma. METHODS: Paraffin-embedded tumor tissue of both primary and recurrent tumors from 44 patients with and 44 without recurrence was used for immunohistochemical analysis of TP53, hMdm2, P21(Waf1/Cip1) and M30. DNA was extracted, and mutation analysis of p53 (exon 5-8, 11) was...
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