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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 144, 756-766, Copyright © 1994 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Physical deletion of the p53 gene in bladder cancer. Detection by fluorescence in situ hybridization

G Sauter, G Deng, H Moch, R Kerschmann, K Matsumura, S De Vries, T George, J Fuentes, P Carroll and MJ Mihatsch
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

To understand better the role of physical p53 deletion in bladder cancer, 106 formalin-fixed and 45 unfixed bladder tumors were examined using fluorescence in situ hybridization. Probes for centromere 17 and the p53 locus were hybridized simultaneously to interphase tumor cells to analyze p53 and chromosome 17 copy number on a cell by cell basis. 17p deletion was found in four of 43 pTa tumors, 18 of 43 pT1 tumors and 29 of 58 pT2-4 tumors (P = 0.0001). 17p deletion was also highly correlated with grade (P = 0.0001) and with p53 immunostaining (P = 0.0005). Chromosome 17 polysomy was associated with stage, grade, 17p deletions, and p53 immunostaining (P = 0.0001). The strong difference in centromere 17 copy number and 17p deletions between pTa and pT1 tumors supports a relevant biological distinction between pTa and pT1 tumors.

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