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The TP53 gene and its role in cancer

The TP53 gene is mutated in around 50% of cancer cells, but in addition to its role in tumor suppression, cancer cells ...
Among patients with chondrosarcomas, the most common primary bone tumor in adults, the presence of a TP53 gene mutation has been found to be associated with worse overall survival and metastasis-free ...
Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With Follicular Lymphoma Receiving Single-Agent Rituximab at Two Different Schedules in Trial SAKK 35/98 We assessed TP53 mutations by denaturing high-performance ...
What is Li-Fraumeni syndrome? Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a genetic condition that increases the risk of developing many different types of cancers. What causes Li-Fraumeni syndrome? LFS is caused ...
In a recent study published in Nature Genetics, researchers performed an allelic-level single-cellular multi-omics evaluation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) obtained from individuals ...
—A study of 1230 individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and high-count monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis demonstrated that patients with wild type TP53 had longer time to first treatment and ...
Dr Garcia-Manero discusses the effects of TP53 mutation in patients with MDS. I don’t have an answer to your question. We don’t understand why this has become so refractory to therapies. It’s like ...
A hidden TP53 mutation in donor sperm raises concerns about gaps in genetic screening and long-term cancer risk in ...