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Mutations in TERT promoter and FGFR3 and telomere length in bladder cancer.
International journal of cancer - 1 Oct 2015
Hosen Ismail, Rachakonda P Sivaramakrishna, Heidenreich Barbara, de Verdier Petra J, Ryk Charlotta, Steineck Gunnar, Hemminki Kari, Kumar Rajiv
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the promoter of the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) genes constitute the most recurrent somatic alterations in urothelial carcinoma of bladder. In this study, we screened DNA from 327 urothelial bladder carcinomas from well-documented patients, with different stages and grades and known TERT promoter mutational status, for FGFR3 alterations and...
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