title: Recurrent deletions of chromosomes 11q and 3p in anal canal carcinoma.
abstract: A cytogenetic study of 8 cases of anal canal cancer, including 1 cloacogenic and 7 squamous-cell carcinomas, was performed. All tumors exhibited chromosomal abnormalities. A rearrangement involving the long arm of chromosome 11 was seen in all instances, and, with the exception of the i (11q) found in one tumor, all the observed rearrangements resulted in a deletion of the distal segment. Rearrangements of chromosome 3, detected in 6 tumors, led to a deletion of the short arm in 5 cases. The association of these 2 deletions may characterize the anal canal carcinoma, the smallest common deleted segments being distal to 11q22 or q23 and 3p22.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged