Research Article

Low Prevalence of TP53 Mutations and MDM2 Amplifications in Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma

Table 3

Mean age of first tumor onset according to MDM2 SNP309 or p53 codon 72 genotype.

Allele (frequency)GenotypeNumber of patients (%)Mean age ± STDEV (years)

MDM2 SNP309T (60%)T/T16 (40)6.4 ± 5.2
T/G16 (40)6.7 ± 5.4
G (40%)G/G8 (20)7.6 ± 3.7
T/G + G/G24 (60)7.0 ± 4.8

P53 codon 72 SNPArg (75%)Arg/Arg24 (60)6.3 ± 5.2
Arg/Pro12 (30)7.5 ± 4.8
Pro (25%)Pro/Pro4 (10)7.0 ± 4.8
Arg/Arg + Arg/Pro36 (90)6.7 ± 5.0