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Concordant p53 and DCC alterations and allelic losses on chromosomes 13q and 14q associated with liver metastases of colorectal carcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 1 Feb 1993
Ookawa K, Sakamoto M, Hirohashi S, Yoshida Y, Sugimura T, Terada M, Yokota J
Abstract excerpt
To identify genetic alterations associated with acquisition of metastatic ability in colorectal carcinoma, 31 liver metastases and 40 primary tumors of colorectal carcinoma from 55 patients were analyzed for loss of chromosomal heterozygosity using 46 polymorphic DNA markers covering 15 chromosomes. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and/or rearrangement at the TP53 and DCC loci were detected in all liver metastases...
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