<it>TP53 </it>mutation p.R337H in gastric cancer tissues of a 12-year-old male child - evidence for chimerism involving a common mutant founder haplotype: case report

<it>TP53 </it>mutation p.R337H in gastric cancer tissues of a 12-year-old male child - evidence for chimerism involving a common mutant founder haplotype: case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gastric adenocarcinoma is rare in children and adolescents, with about 17 cases under age 21 in the world's literature. We report a case of invasive well-differentiated metastatic gastric cancer in a Brazilian 12-year-old boy wi...

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Main Authors: Prolla Patricia A, Montagnini André L, Olivier Magali, Martel-Planche Ghyslaine, W Achatz Maria, da Silva Edaise M, Hainaut Pierre, Soares Fernando A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/11/449

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