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The role of PTEN tumor suppressor pathway staining in carcinoma in situ of the bladder.
Urologic oncology - 1 Jul 2014
Sfakianos John P, Lin Gellert Lan, Maschino Alexandra, Gotto Geoffrey T, Kim Philip H, Al-Ahmadie Hikmat, Bochner Bernard H
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OBJECTIVES: The PI3k/Akt pathway has been associated with the development and progression of bladder tumors, with most studies focused on papillary or muscle-invasive tumors. We sought to characterize the expression patterns of the PI3K/Akt pathway in a large cohort of high-risk preinvasive carcinoma in situ (CIS) tumors of the bladder. Our goal was to understand whether PI3K/Akt pathway alterations associated...
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