title: C-myc proto-oncogene expression and prognosis in early carcinoma of the uterine cervix.
abstract: Expression of the c-myc gene was studied by northern blot and slot blot hybridisation in 72 specimens of stage I or II squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. In 25 of the 72 tumours c-myc proto-oncogene was overexpressed (ie, at levels 4-20 times higher than in normal tissues). Patients whose tumours showed c-myc overexpression had an eight-fold greater incidence of early relapse than the other patients (p = 0.001). The 18-month relapse-free survival rates were, respectively, 49% and 90% for these two groups of patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011379:Prognosis; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm