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Mutations in the telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter and PIK3CA gene are common events in penile squamous cell carcinoma of Italian and Ugandan patients.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jun 2022
Starita Noemy, Pezzuto Francesca, Sarno Sabrina, Losito Nunzia Simona, Perdonà Sisto, Buonaguro Luigi, Buonaguro Franco M, Tornesello Maria Lina
Abstract excerpt
Penile carcinoma develops either through human papillomavirus (HPV) related or unrelated carcinogenic pathways. Genetic alterations and nucleotide changes in coding regions (ie, TP53, CDKN2A, PIK3CA and NOTCH1) are main cancer driver events either in HPV positive or in HPV negative tumours. We investigated the presence of hotspot nucleotide mutations in TERT promoter (TERTp) and PIK3CA exon 9 and their...
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