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Differences in the p53 gene mutational spectra of prostate cancers between Japan and Western countries.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jul 1997
Watanabe M, Fukutome K, Shiraishi T, Murata M, Kawamura J, Shimazaki J, Kotake T, Yatani R
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the p53 gene are related to development of human cancers and their frequencies and spectra, the latter representing fingerprints left by carcinogens, provide information about the molecular epidemiology of the disease. Prostate cancer is the most common neoplasm in American males and although its incidence is still relatively low in Japanese people, it has recently been increasing with the...
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