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Mutations of p53 in gallbladder carcinomas in high-incidence areas of Japan and Chile.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Apr 1998
Yokoyama N, Hitomi J, Watanabe H, Ajioka Y, Pruyas M, Serra I, Shirai Y, Hatakeyama K
Abstract excerpt
Gallbladder adenocarcinomas from patients in two high-prevalence areas, Niigata (Japan) and Santiago (Chile), were analyzed for acquired mutations in exons 5-8 of the p53 tumor suppressor gene, and the characteristics of p53 alterations in the two groups were compared. Of 42 tumors, 22 (52.4%) harbored 25 alterations identified by PCR amplification and direct sequencing (13 of 22 tumors from Niigata and 12 of 20...
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