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High frequency of coexistent mutations of PIK3CA and PTEN genes in endometrial carcinoma.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 2005
Oda Katsutoshi, Stokoe David, Taketani Yuji, McCormick Frank
Abstract excerpt
The phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI3K) pathway is activated in many human cancers. In addition to inactivation of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene, mutations or amplifications of the catalytic subunit alpha of PI3K (PIK3CA) have been reported. However, the coexistence of mutations in these two genes seems exceedingly rare. As PTEN mutations occur at high frequency in endometrial carcinoma, we screened 66 primary...
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