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The landscape of somatic mutations in Indonesian cervical cancer is predominated by the PI3K pathway.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Jan 2018
Spaans Vivian M, Nyoman Bayu Mahendra I, Purwoto Gatot, Trietsch Marjolijn D, Osse Michelle, Ter Haar Natalja, Peters Alexander A W, Fleuren Gert J, Jordanova Ekaterina S
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of somatic mutations in Indonesian cervical carcinoma patients in the context of histology and human papillomavirus (HPV) type. METHODS: In total 174 somatic hot-spot mutations in 13 genes were analyzed by mass spectrometry in 137 Indonesian cervical carcinomas. RESULTS: In 66/137 tumors (48%) 95 mutations were identified. PIK3CA was most frequently mutated (24%), followed...
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