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TP53 and P21 polymorphisms: response to cisplatinum/paclitaxel-based chemotherapy in ovarian cancer.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 3 Feb 2006
Santos Alexandra M, Sousa Hugo, Portela Catarina, Pereira Deolinda, Pinto Daniela, Catarino Raquel, Rodrigues Carla, Araújo Ana P, Lopes Carlos, Medeiros Rui
Abstract excerpt
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the most lethal gynaecologic cancer and its standard treatment consists of platinum-based chemotherapy after cytoreductive surgery. The p53 protein plays a critical role on different cellular processes in response to DNA damage and it is responsible for transcriptional induction of the P21 gene. We have analysed 114 blood samples in order to investigate the effect of the TP53 codon 72 and...
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