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[Alteration of VHL gene in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma].
Urologiia (Moscow, Russia : 1999) - 1 Jan 2000
Peters M V, Matveev V B, Volkova M I, Kalinin S A, Mikhaĭlenko D M
Abstract excerpt
Blocks of preparations from 22 patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma on target therapy were studied. The patients were examined for mutations/methylation of VHL gene. The mutations were detected in 10 (45.5%) of 22 patients, VHL methylation was found in 1 (4.5%) patient. Overall survival was 36.4 and 66.7% in the groups of patients with and without gene VHL alteration, respectively. Progression-free...
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