Presence of p53 mutations in primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in non-Asians of Los Angeles, California, a low-risk population for NPC

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 493-497

  Van Tornout, Jan M ^a   Spruck III, Charles H ^a,c   Shibata, Atsuko ^a,d   Schmutte, Christoph ^b   Gonzalez Zulueta, Mirella ^a,e   Nichols, Peter W ^a   Chandrasoma, Parakrama T ^a   Yu, Mimi C ^a   Jones, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030750680     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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