Disruptive TP53 Mutation Is Associated with Aggressive Disease Characteristics in an Orthotopic Murine Model of Oral Tongue Cancer
Sano D, Xie TX, Ow TJ, Zhao M, Pickering CR, Zhou G, Sandulache VC, Wheeler DA, Gibbs RA, Caulin C, Myers JN. Disruptive TP53 Mutation Is Associated with Aggressive Disease Characteristics in an Orthotopic Murine Model of Oral Tongue Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2011, 17: 6658-6670. PMID: 21903770, PMCID: PMC3207013, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-11-0046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisruptive TP53 mutationsCervical lymph node metastasisOral tongue cancerLymph node metastasisOrthotopic murine modelHNSCC cell linesTP53 mutationsNode metastasisTongue cancerMurine modelCell linesTumor growthNeck squamous cell carcinoma cell linesSquamous cell carcinoma cell linesAggressive disease characteristicsCell carcinoma cell linesFaster tumor growthPoor patient outcomesP53 protein expressionTP53 mutation statusBehavior of tumorsWild-type TP53Western blot analysisOral tongueShorter survival