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PIK3CA mutation is an early event in the development of endometriosis-associated ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Oct 2011
Yamamoto Sohei, Tsuda Hitoshi, Takano Masashi, Iwaya Keichi, Tamai Seiichi, Matsubara Osamu
Abstract excerpt
Clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA), a highly lethal histological subtype of ovarian carcinoma, is a type of human cancer with a high frequency of activating mutations in the PIK3CA gene. In this study, we aimed to determine how these mutations contribute to tumour development of CCAs. Exons 9 and 20 of the PIK3CA gene were analysed by direct genomic DNA sequencing of 23 CCAs with synchronous putative precursor...
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