High frequency of the HRAS oncogene codon 12 mutation in Macedonian patients with urinary bladder cancer

Point mutations at codon 12 of the HRAS (v-Ha-ras Harvey rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog) oncogene are one of the best defined and widely studied molecular genetic events in transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder. The aim of this study was to use the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis of paraffin-embedded tissue-derived DNA to determine the frequency of the HRAS oncogene G ->T codon 12 mutation in TCC patients being treated at the University Urology Clinic in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. DNA isolated from paraffin-embed...

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