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Allelic loss in squamous cell carcinomas of the larynx: discordance between primary and metastatic tumors.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Oct 1995
Sun P C, el-Mofty S K, Haughey B H, Scholnick S B
Abstract excerpt
The mutational inactivation of suppressor genes, a process required for cancer progression, generates new genetic subclones within a tumor. The allelic losses that frequently unmask these mutations serve not only as markers of the chromosomal locations of these genes but also as clonal fingerprints of the shifting relationships between these genetically heterogeneous cell populations. The rise of the...
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