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DNA hypermethylation, Her-2/neu overexpression and p53 mutations in ovarian carcinoma.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Nov 2008
Feng Qinghua, Deftereos Georgios, Hawes Stephen E, Stern Joshua E, Willner Julia B, Swisher Elizabeth M, Xi Longfu, Drescher Charles, Urban Nicole, Kiviat Nancy
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OBJECTIVES: To define patterns of aberrant DNA methylation, p53 mutation and Her-2/neu overexpression in tissues from benign (n=29), malignant (n=100), and border line malignant ovaries (n=10), as compared to normal (n=68) ovarian tissues. Further, to explore the relationship between the presence of genetic and epigenetic abnormalities in ovarian cancers, and assess the association between epigenetic changes and...
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