title: Detection of p53 gene abnormality by sequence analysis of archival paraffin tissue. A comparison with fresh-frozen specimens.
abstract: This parallel study was designed to compare the sensitivity and specificity of detection of point mutations in fresh-frozen and formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissue. Sequence analysis of exon 5 of p53 gene was performed on polymerase chain reaction-amplified DNA from 25 infiltrating ductal carcinomas of the breast. Four tumor showed mutations with identical base substitutions in their respective codons of both frozen and paraffin-embedded specimens. We conclude that subtle genetic alterations can be detected in archival paraffin tissue with an accuracy comparable to that of fresh-frozen histologic samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nadji
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nassiri
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Morales
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D016158:Genes, p53 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016707:Tissue Fixation; D014021:Tissue Preservation
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm