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TERT promoter mutations in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 15 May 2015
Hosen Ismail, Rachakonda P Sivaramakrishna, Heidenreich Barbara, Sitaram Raviprakash T, Ljungberg Börje, Roos Göran, Hemminki Kari, Kumar Rajiv
Abstract excerpt
We screened promoter region of the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) for activating somatic mutations in 188 tumors from patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Twelve tumors (6.4%) carried a mutation within the core promoter region of the gene. The mutations were less frequent in high grade tumors compared to low grade tumors [odds ratio (OR) = 0.15, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.03-0.72,...
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