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p53 gene mutation in cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor in Taiwan.
Cancer letters - 24 Jun 1996
Ho Y S, Hsieh L L, Chen J S, Chang C N, Lee S T, Chiu L L, Chin T Y, Cheng S C
Abstract excerpt
p53 mutation has been rarely reported in cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET). To determine the significance of p53 mutations in the development of cerebral PNET, we studied cerebral PNET samples from 14 patients, 8 females and 6 males with a mean age of 38 years (range 10 months to 77 years) who had total or subtotal surgical resection. Histological typing of PNET with neuronal (N) and non-neuronal...
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