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Molecular evidence of field cancerization in a patient with 7 tumors of the aerodigestive tract.
Human pathology - 1 Feb 2000
van Rees B P, Cleton-Jansen A M, Cense H A, Polak M M, Clement M J, Drillenburg P, van Lanschot J J, Offerhaus G J
Abstract excerpt
Exposure of the mucosa of the upper aerodigestive tract to carcinogens can induce genetic changes resulting in various independent clones of neoplastic growth, a concept defined as "field cancerization." The risk of developing multiple tumors in this compartment of the body is well established. We studied 6 distinct tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract of a single patient for loss of heterozygosity (LOH),...
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