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Prevalence and functional consequence of TP53 mutations in pediatric adrenocortical carcinoma: a children's oncology group study.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Feb 2015
Wasserman Jonathan D, Novokmet Ana, Eichler-Jonsson Claudia, Ribeiro Raul C, Rodriguez-Galindo Carlos, Zambetti Gerard P, Malkin David
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare pediatric malignancy. It occurs in excess among individuals with the Li-Fraumeni syndrome, which results primarily from germline mutations in the TP53 gene. Prior series exploring frequencies of germline TP53 mutation among children with ACC have been small, geographically limited, or subject to referral bias. The functional consequence of mutations has not been...
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