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Expression and mutation analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Cancer science - 1 Aug 2008
Sheikh Ali Mahmoud A L, Gunduz Mehmet, Nagatsuka Hitoshi, Gunduz Esra, Cengiz Beyhan, Fukushima Kunihiro, Beder Levent Bekir, Demircan Kadir, Fujii Masae, Yamanaka Noboru, Shimizu Kenji, Grenman Reidar, Nagai Noriyuki
Abstract excerpt
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-RAS-RAF-mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling cascade is an important pathway in cancer development and recent reports show that EGFR and its downstream signaling molecules are mutated in a number of cancers. We have analyzed 91 Japanese head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) and 12 HNSCC cell lines for mutations in EGFR, ErbB2, and K-ras. Exons encoding...
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