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Stability of p53 tumor suppressor gene mutations during the process of metastasis and during chemotherapy.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 1996
Taniguchi Y, Gemma A, Takeda Y, Takenaka K, Niitani H, Kudoh S, Shimada T
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed 29 pairs of primary and metastatic lung carcinomas obtained at autopsy for mutations in the p53 gene, using the polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism method (PCR-SSCP). We examined the relationship between p53 gene mutations and the development of metastasis, and the stability of p53 gene mutations during chemotherapy. The tumors consisted of six small cell carcinomas, 13...
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