Mutant p53 protein overexpression is associated with poor outcome in patients with well or moderately differentiated ovarian carcinoma

BACKGROUND: It has been shown that the p53 gene is mutated in 30-80% of ovarian carcinomas and that the genetic alterations most often manifest as an accumulation of mutant p53 protein in tumor tissue. The prognostic significance of these findings for patients with ovarian cancer, however, must be established clearly. METHODS: Mutant p53 protein in 90 consecutive epithelial ovarian carcinomas was quantitatively analyzed using a time-resolved …