Article
K-ras activation in premalignant and malignant epithelial lesions of the human uterus.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 1991
Enomoto T, Inoue M, Perantoni A O, Buzard G S, Miki H, Tanizawa O, Rice J M
Abstract excerpt
We previously reported (Cancer Res., 50:6139-6145, 1990) a significant frequency of activating point mutations in codon 12 of the K-ras oncogene in endometrial adenocarcinomas of the uterine corpus (series 1). To further define the role of ras activation in the development of endometrial adenocarcinoma, we surveyed cystic, adenomatous, and atypical hyperplasias of uterine endometrium and additional cases of...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Epithelium
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Hyperplasia
