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High frequency of TP53 but not K-ras gene mutations in Bolivian patients with gallbladder cancer.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2014
Asai Takao, Loza Ernesto, Roig Guido Villa-Gomez, Ajioka Yoichi, Tsuchiya Yasuo, Yamamoto Masaharu, Nakamura Kazutoshi
Abstract excerpt
Although genetic characteristics are considered to be a factor influencing the geographic variation in the prevalence of gallbladder cancer (GBC), they have not been well studied in Bolivia, which has a high prevalence rate of GBC. The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency of TP53 and K-ras mutations in Bolivian patients with GBC and to compare them with our previous data obtained in other...
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