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Prognostic significance of human papillomavirus genomes (type‐16, ‐18) and aberrant expression of p53 protein in human esophageal cancer
8 May 1993
Abstract excerpt
The presence and distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA or of increased expression of the p53 protein were determined in 71 patients with esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) by in situ hybridization with biotinylated DNA probes for HPV-16, -18, -31 and -33, and immunohistochemical techniques using antibody to p53 protein. Of 71 patients from Kochi prefecture, 24 (Group I) were positive for HPV DNA,...
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