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Heterogeneity in intratumor distribution of p53 mutations in human prostate cancer.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jul 1995
Mirchandani D, Zheng J, Miller G J, Ghosh A K, Shibata D K, Cote R J, Roy-Burman P
Abstract excerpt
Prostatic carcinoma from 65 patients have been examined for the occurrence of point mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene locus within the region of exons 5 to 8. Overall, only a small fraction of tumors (12.3%) was found to contain p53 mutations. No significant correlation was detected between the presence of the mutant gene and either tumor volume or histopathological grade. However, metastatic prostatic...
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