Cancer Letters
Volume 208, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , 10 May 2004

Frequent chromosome Y loss in primary, second primary and metastatic squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck region

  • Maciej Kujawski

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 32, Poznan 60-479, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48-61-8233-011; fax: +48-61-8233-235
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  • Malgorzata Jarmuz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 32, Poznan 60-479, Poland
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  • Malgorzata Rydzanicz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 32, Poznan 60-479, Poland
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  • Katarzyna Szukala

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 32, Poznan 60-479, Poland
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  • Malgorzata Wierzbicka

      Affiliations

    • Otolaryngology Clinic, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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  • Reidar Grenman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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  • Wojciech Golusinski

      Affiliations

    • Otolaryngology Clinic, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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  • Krzysztof Szyfter

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 32, Poznan 60-479, Poland
    • Otolaryngology Clinic, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Received 5 August 2003 ,Revised 5 November 2003 ,Accepted 8 November 2003.

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PII: S0304-3835(03)00779-1

doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2003.11.006

Cancer Letters
Volume 208, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , 10 May 2004

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