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p53 gene mutations are common in uterine serous carcinoma and occur early in their pathogenesis.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jan 1997
Tashiro H, Isacson C, Levine R, Kurman R J, Cho K R, Hedrick L
Abstract excerpt
Uterine serous carcinoma (USC) is an uncommon but aggressive type of endometrial cancer associated with rapid progression of disease and a poor prognosis. Both USC and its recently described putative precursor, endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma (EIC), demonstrate strong p53 overexpression by immunohistochemistry, suggesting alteration of the p53 gene in their pathogenesis. In the present study, we evaluated...
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