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Tumour suppressor gene (CDKNA2) status on chromosome 9p in resected renal tissue improves prognosis of localised kidney cancer.
Oncotarget - 8 Nov 2016
El-Mokadem Ismail, Kidd Thomas, Pratt Norman, Fleming Stewart, Nabi Ghulam
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic alterations on chromosome 9p, including inactivation of the tumour suppressor gene, CDKN2A, result in cellular proliferation and growth of tumours. Our aim was to use microsatellite analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to characterise the architecture of this region. RESULTS: Seventy-five out of 77 clear cell renal cell cancers (tumour/normal pairs) were interpretable for LOH...
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