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p53 mutation, but not p53 overexpression, correlates with survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
British journal of cancer - 1 Oct 1998
Mineta H, Borg A, Dictor M, Wahlberg P, Akervall J, Wennerberg J
Abstract excerpt
Survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) was compared with overexpression and mutation of the p53 gene. Archival tissue from 77 tumours was analysed for protein expression using immunohistochemistry (IHC) with the monoclonal antibody Do-7, and for the presence of mutation in exons 5-8 using single-stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP), followed by DNA sequencing in SSCP-positive cases....
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