Lung Cancer
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 120-125 , October 2008

Frequent p16 inactivation by homozygous deletion or methylation is associated with a poor prognosis in Japanese patients with pleural mesothelioma

  • Naruyuki Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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  • Shinichi Toyooka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 86 235 7265; fax: +81 86 235 7269.
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  • Hiroyuki Yanai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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  • Junichi Soh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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  • Nobukazu Fujimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Rosai Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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  • Hiromasa Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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  • Shuji Ichihara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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  • Kentaro Kimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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  • Kouichi Ichimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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  • Yoshifumi Sano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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  • Takumi Kishimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Rosai Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Date

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan

Received 14 December 2007 ,Revised 24 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 February 2008.

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PII: S0169-5002(08)00074-3

doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.02.013

Lung Cancer
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 120-125 , October 2008

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