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High frequency of chromosome 9p allelic loss and CDKN2 tumor suppressor gene alterations in squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 20 Sept 1995
Gonzalez-Zulueta M, Shibata A, Ohneseit P F, Spruck C H, Busch C, Shamaa M, El-Baz M, Nichols P W, Gonzalgo M L, Elbaz M [corrected to El-Baz M ]
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the Western Hemisphere, 90% of bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas, while only 7% are classified as squamous cell carcinomas. In contrast, in Egypt and regions of the Middle East and Africa, where infection by the trematode Schistosoma haematobium is endemic, squamous cell carcinoma is the most common bladder cancer as well as the most common cancer in men. PURPOSE: We planned...
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