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TERT Promoter Mutation Analysis of Whole-Organ Mapping Bladder Cancers.
Genes - 5 Feb 2021
Weyerer Veronika, Eckstein Markus, Strissel Pamela L, Wullweber Adrian, Lange Fabienne, Tögel Lars, Geppert Carol I, Sikic Danijel, Taubert Helge, Wach Sven, Wullich Bernd, Hartmann Arndt, Stoehr Robert, Giedl Johannes
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BACKGROUND: Multifocal occurrence is a main characteristic of urothelial bladder cancer (UBC). Whether urothelial transformation is caused by monoclonal events within the urothelium, or by polyclonal unrelated events resulting in several tumor clones is still under debate. TERT promoter mutations are the most common somatic alteration identified in UBC. In this study, we analyzed different histological tissues...
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