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Altered expression of p53 and mdm-2 proteins at diagnosis is associated with early treatment failure in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Mar 1997
Marks D I, Kurz B W, Link M P, Ng E, Shuster J J, Lauer S J, Carroll D, Brodsky I, Haines D S
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PURPOSE: To determine whether potential alteration in p53 function through p53 gene mutation or mdm-2 overexpression correlates with early treatment failure in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Diagnostic marrow samples from 34 children were analyzed for p53 gene...
Topics
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Mutation
- Nuclear Proteins
- Pilot Projects
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
- Prognosis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2
- Treatment Failure
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
