Prevalence of p53 mutations and protein expression in esophageal cancers in southern Thailand.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970703)72:1<23::aid-ijc2>3.0.co;2-6

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Prevalence of p53 mutations and protein expression in esophageal cancers in southern Thailand.

International journal of cancer - 3 Jul 1997

Suwiwat S, Oda H, Shimizu Y, Ishikawa T

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To investigate p53 alterations in esophageal squamous-cell carcinomas of patients in the high-risk area of southern Thailand, 72 paraffin-embedded samples were analyzed immunohistochemically for p53 protein expression and 16 frozen samples for p53 mutational status. Forty-two of the 72 tumors (58...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol Drinking
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Esophageal Neoplasms
Female
Genes, p53
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Sex Factors
Smoking
Thailand
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

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