Article
Frequent p53 mutations at dipyrimidine sites in patients with pyothorax-associated lymphoma.
Cancer research - 15 Mar 1998
Hongyo T, Kurooka M, Taniguchi E, Iuchi K, Nakajima Y, Aozasa K, Nomura T
Abstract excerpt
A high incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the pleural cavity has developed in Japanese patients with long-standing pyothorax (38 years on average) resulting from artificial pneumothorax for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis or tuberculous pleuritis. Patients with pyothorax-associated ly...
Topics
- Aged
- Animals
- Chronic Disease
- DNA, Viral
- Empyema, Pleural
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
