Article
The clinical significance of p53 gene mutation in hepatocellular carcinomas from Japan.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 1995
Hayashi H, Sugio K, Matsumata T, Adachi E, Takenaka K, Sugimachi K
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the clinical significance of the mutation of p53 gene in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 90 resected specimens from Japanese patients were assayed using a polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis. p53 mutations were detected in 25 cases (27....
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Japan
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Prognosis
- Survival Rate
