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Immunolocalisation of p53 was scored semiquantitatively. The degree of apoptosis was also assessed in selected lesions by determining cell nuclear fragmentation. RESULTS: All SCCs from lip lesions were immunopositive for p53. All cases of SK and two of five CHC lip lesions were also p53 positive. Normal lip mucosa samples were p53 negative. Sun exposed skin lesions of SCC and SK were all positive for p53, but only three of five cases of SCC from the buccal mucosa had detectable levels of p53. p53 expression was not detected in CHC and LP lesions of the buccal mucosa. CONCLUSIONS: The aberrant expression of p53 is likely to occur early in the pathogenesis of lip cancer and may be related to exposure to the sun. The immunopositive p53 cells identified in the benign LP lesions do not necessarily correlate with commitment of cells within the lesion to programmed cell death. 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