Article
Mutations of p53 gene in breast cancer in the Egyptian province of Dakahliya.
Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners - 1 Jun 2011
El-Ghannam Doaa M, Arafa Mohammad, Badrawy Tarek
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among females worldwide. Molecular analysis of p53 is likely to have value in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of breast cancer. OBJECTIVE: To study the frequency and spectrum of p53 gene mutations in breast cancer patients residing Al Dakahliya district in the north of Egypt. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty patients with cancer breast as well as 10...
Topics
- Adult
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinoma
- Codon, Nonsense
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Egypt
- Exons
- Female
- Frameshift Mutation
- Genes, p53
- Genetic Association Studies
