Article
Comparison of ras activation in prostate carcinoma in Japanese and American men.
The Prostate - 1 Jan 1997
Konishi N, Hiasa Y, Tsuzuki T, Tao M, Enomoto T, Miller G J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Comparative studies of point mutations in K-, N-, and H-ras oncogenes were performed on prostate carcinoma from Japanese and American patients to clarify the racial difference. METHODS: We probed for mutations in 70 Japanese and 31 American specimens using polymerase chain reaction-si...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Asian People
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Japan
- Male
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- United States
- White People
- ras Proteins