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Inverse relationship between human papillomavirus-16 infection and disruptive p53 gene mutations in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Jan 2008
Westra William H, Taube Janis M, Poeta M L, Begum Shanaz, Sidransky David, Koch Wayne M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (HNSCC) often harbor p53 mutations, but p53 protein degradation by the viral oncoprotein E6 may supercede p53 mutations in human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16)-positive tumors. The prevalence of p53 mutations in HPV-positive HNSCCs is indeed lower, but in some tumors these alterations coexist. The purpose of this study was to discern whether HNSCCs differ in the...
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