Table 4.

Genotypes and frequencies of codon 72 p53 polymorphism variants in prostate carcinomas and hyperplasias.

p53 codon 72 allele	Prostate Carcinomas	Prostate Hyperplasias
Arg/Arg	20 (0.51)	23 (0.48)
Pro/Pro	2 (0.05)	2 (0.04)
Pro/Arg	17 (0.44)	23 (0.48)
Total	39	48

The data are a summary of all experiments because identical results were obtained for each DNA with the two methods used for p53 allele typing (allele specific PCR, and PCR-RFLP), and no differences were observed between the two DNA sample sources (peripherical blood leucocytes or neoplastic tissue) from the individual patients.