Article
Low prevalence of expression of p53 oncoprotein in oral carcinomas from Sri Lanka associated with betel and tobacco chewing.
European journal of cancer. Part B, Oral oncology - 1 Apr 1993
Ranasinghe A W, Warnakulasuriya K A, Johnson N W
Abstract excerpt
Overexpression of p53 oncoprotein has been demonstrated in a wide range of human malignancies. We have examined the p53 expression amongst 38 Sri Lankan subjects with histologically confirmed oral squamous cell carcinomas. The mean age of the subjects was 59.4 years and betel chewing with tobacco...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Areca
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mouth Neoplasms
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Staging
- Plants, Medicinal
- Plants, Toxic
- Prevalence