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Immunohistochemical assessment of MGMT expression and p53 mutation in glioblastoma multiforme.
Tumori - 1 Jan 2000
Lotfi Marziyeh, Afsharnezhad Sima, Raziee Hamid Reza, Ghaffarzadegan Kamran, Sharif Samaneh, Shamsara Jamal, Lary Sara, Behravan Javad
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AIMS AND BACKGROUND: The prognosis of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains poor despite advances in surgery and adjuvant therapies. TP53 and O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGM) are tumor suppressor genes that are implicated in GBM resistance to radiation and chemotherapy. In order to assess the expression of the protein products of these two genes, 50 GBM samples were analyzed in this study. METHODS:...
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