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Loss of MTBP expression is associated with reduced survival in a biomarker-defined subset of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Cancer - 1 Jul 2011
Vlatković Nikolina, El-Fert Ashraf, Devling Timothy, Ray-Sinha Arpita, Gore David M, Rubbi Carlos P, Dodson Andy, Jones Andrew S, Helliwell Tim R, Jones Terence M, Boyd Mark T
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BACKGROUND: Recent genetic studies have implicated p53 mutation as a significant risk factor for therapeutic failure in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). However, in a recent meta-analysis in the literature of p53 from major anatomical subsites (larynx, oral cavity, oropharynx/hypopharynx), associations between patient survival and p53 status were ambiguous. METHODS: The authors examined a...
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