Article
p53 is overexpressed in fifty percent of pre-invasive lesions of head and neck epithelium.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Oct 1994
Sauter E R, Cleveland D, Trock B, Ridge J A, Klein-Szanto A J
Abstract excerpt
To identify the stage in head and neck carcinogenesis at which p53 abnormalities become important, we evaluated 512 squamous epithelial tissue samples (201 pre-invasive and 209 invasive lesions, as well as 102 normal epithelia) in specimens from two institutions. Of 311 patients evaluated, 128 did not have an invasive carcinoma. The frequency of p53 overexpression in the pre-invasive lesions was not influenced by...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Epithelium
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Half-Life
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
