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MDM2 and CDK4 amplifications are rare events in salivary duct carcinomas.
Oncotarget - 15 Nov 2016
Grünewald Inga, Trautmann Marcel, Busch Alina, Bauer Larissa, Huss Sebastian, Schweinshaupt Petra, Vollbrecht Claudia, Odenthal Margarete, Quaas Alexander, Büttner Reinhard, Meyer Moritz F, Beutner Dirk, Hüttenbrink Karl-Bernd, Wardelmann Eva, Stenner Markus, Hartmann Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is an aggressive adenocarcinoma of the salivary glands associated with poor clinical outcome. SDCs are known to carry TP53 mutations in about 50%, however, only little is known about alternative pathogenic mechanisms within the p53 regulatory network. Particularly, data on alterations of the oncogenes MDM2 and CDK4 located in the chromosomal region 12q13-15 are limited in SDC, while...
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