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Could p53 contribute to the epidemiology of lung cancer ?
SCHWARTZ L.
Hôpital St Louis, Service de Radiothérapie, Paris, France
The p53 gene antagonizes cell growth in normal cells. It is mutated in 80 % of all lung cancer. In half of the cases, the mutation is a G-C -->T-A transversion. This mutation is rare in colon, breast carcinoma or in sarcomas. It is not reported in...