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Boudewijn J M Braakhuis1, C René Leemans, Ruud H Brakenhoff.
Abstract
When carcinoma tissue is investigated using biochemical, immunohistochemical, and genetic techniques, adjacent tissue that is macroscopically normal is frequently used as a control, since cancer-related pheno- and geno-typic alterations are assumed to be absent. However, a field that contains genetically abnormal cells surrounds a significant proportion of carcinomas (for example, over 30% of head and neck cancers). These fields can be large (>7 cm in diameter) and consist of cells that are clonally related to the carcinoma. This indicates that adjacent epithelium must be checked for genetic abnormalities before it is considered normal and used as a control for comparison with carcinoma. Copyright 2004 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15141375 DOI: 10.1002/path.1549
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pathol ISSN: 0022-3417 Impact factor: 7.996