title: Amplification of the c-myc oncogene in non-small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Fresh non-small cell lung carcinoma surgical specimens were taken from 17 patients and 3 controls and screened for genetic abnormalities of the c-myc oncogene. Southern blot hybridization analysis demonstrated two- to fivefold amplification of the c-myc gene in 10 cases, i.e., 7 of 13 epidermoid lung carcinomas, 2 of 3 adenocarcinomas and 1 of 1 osteogenic sarcoma metastatic to the lung. Two- to fivefold amplification was observed in tissues from stage III and IV epidermoid carcinomas and adenocarcinomas of the lung. A correlation between cancer stage and c-myc gene amplification was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. ozkara@ato.org.tr
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Ozkara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topçu
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Criss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D016259:Genes, myc / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm