Article
Presence and persistence of HPV infection and p53 mutation in cancer of the cervix uteri and the vulva.
International journal of cancer - 27 Nov 1995
Milde-Langosch K, Albrecht K, Joram S, Schlechte H, Giessing M, Löning T
Abstract excerpt
We studied 51 cervical carcinomas, among them 25 squamous-cell carcinomas (SCC) and 26 cervical adenocarcinomas (AdCa), and 40 vulvar SCC for the presence of HPV and mutant p53. HPV was detected by PCR, and p53 alterations by temperature-gradient gel electrophoresis/direct sequencing and immunohistochemistry. HPV, mostly type 16/18, was found in 80.4% of the cervical tumors (92.0% of the SCC and 69.2% of the...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
