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No evidence for association of the MDM2-309 T/G promoter polymorphism with prostate cancer outcomes.
Urologic oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Jaboin Jerry J, Hwang Misun, Perez Carmen A, Cooper Calvin, Chen Heidi, Ye Chuanzhong, Cai Qiuyin, Wills Marcia L, Lu Bo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Mouse double-minute 2 (MDM2) SNP309 polymorphism (T>G) has been correlated with an increased risk of cancer in multiple tumor types. MDM2 overexpression has shown to be weakly associated with distant tumor metastases, and down-regulation of MDM2 via antisense oligonucleotides in vitro has resulted in the radiosensitization of prostate cancer cell lines. Based on these results, we decided to evaluate...
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