Article
Molecular precursor lesions in oesophageal cancer.
Cancer surveys - 1 Jan 1998
Montesano R, Hainaut P
Abstract excerpt
Oesophageal cancer is the fifth most frequent cause of cancer death world wide and most of these cancers occur in developing countries. The survival rate for SCC or ADCs of the oesophagus is equally poor, mainly due to their late detection and the poor efficacy of the therapy. A short review of the natural history of these cancers, and in particular the occurrence of genetic and cellular alterations associated...
Topics
- Adenine
- Adenocarcinoma
- Base Pairing
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Clone Cells
- Disease Progression
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Genes, p53
- Guanine
- Humans
- Mutation
- Precancerous Conditions