Carcinogenesis, Vol. 24, No. 1, 145,
January 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press
LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
CagA status of Helicobacter pylori infection and p53 gene mutations in gastric adenocarcinoma
1 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Laboratory of Research in Bacteriology, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and
2 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Dear Sir,
We read with great interest the research findings of Dr Shibata et al. (1) regarding the association between p53 mutation and CagA+ Helicobacter pylori infection. The authors searched for p53 gene mutations by SSCP and, when necessary,