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p53 alterations in non-small cell lung cancers correlate with metastatic involvement of hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes.
Cancer research - 15 Jun 1993
Marchetti A, Buttitta F, Merlo G, Diella F, Pellegrini S, Pepe S, Macchiarini P, Chella A, Angeletti C A, Callahan R
Abstract excerpt
Alterations of p53 are one of the most common molecular changes found in all types of lung tumors, suggesting a crucial role for p53 in bronchial carcinogenesis. However, the prognostic significance of p53 abnormalities in lung cancer patients is still unclear. By using genetic and immunohistochemical methods we have found p53 alterations in 40 of 53 (75%) primary, resected non-small cell lung cancer. A strong...
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