title: High correlation between molecular alterations of the c-myc oncogene and carcinoma of the uterine cervix.
abstract: We have examined 35 human tumors of the uterine cervix (carcinoma presenting the highest incidence in Mexico; about 34% of women's malignant tumors) for alterations of the cellular myc (c-myc) protooncogene. Elevated amplification and/or rearrangement of the c-myc oncogene were detected in most (approximately 90%) samples (48% showed amplification and 43% presented both alterations). Most tumors were stage II cervical carcinomas and for some of them we detected up to 60-fold amplification of c-myc. These results suggest an important role for c-myc oncogene in the development of tumors of the uterine cervix.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ocadiz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sauceda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Graef
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gariglio
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009857:Oncogenes; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc