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The role of p53 mutations in bilateral breast carcinoma.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Apr 1995
Ackerman J, Baunoch D A, Gimotty P, George J, Lane M A, Dawson P J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the tumor suppressor gene p53 have been implicated in certain familial cases of breast cancer. We examined a series of 38 cases of nonfamilial bilateral breast cancer using antibodies CM1 and DO7 to p53 wild-type and mutant protein (Novocastra Laboratories) by the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method. The two antibodies reacted similarly. Mutant p53 protein was detected in 17 of 76 (22%) tumors...
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