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Mutant p53 in breast cancer: potential as a therapeutic target and biomarker.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jul 2018
Duffy Michael J, Synnott Naoise C, Crown John
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to discuss mutant p53 as a possible therapeutic target and biomarker for breast cancer. RESULTS: TP53 (p53) is the most frequently mutated gene in invasive breast cancer. Although mutated in 30-35% of all cases, p53 is mutated in approximately 80% of triple-negative (TN) tumors (i.e., tumors negative for ER, PR, and HER2). Because of this high prevalence, mutated p53 is both...
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