Article
Diet, Helicobacter pylori, and p53 mutations in gastric cancer: a molecular epidemiology study in Italy.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 1997
Palli D, Caporaso N E, Shiao Y H, Saieva C, Amorosi A, Masala G, Rice J M, Fraumeni J F
Abstract excerpt
A series of 105 gastric cancer (GC) cases with paraffin-embedded specimens interviewed in a previous population-based case-control study conducted in a high-risk area around Florence, Italy, was examined for the presence of p53 mutations. Overall, 33 of 105 cases had a mutation (p53+) identified...
Topics
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Case-Control Studies
- Diet
- Female
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Italy
- Male
- Middle Aged