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Mucin phenotypic expression and background mucosa of esophagogastric junctional adenocarcinoma.
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association - 1 Jan 2004
Tsuji Naoko, Ishiguro Shingo, Tsukamoto Yoshitane, Mano Masayuki, Kasugai Tsutomu, Miyashiro Isao, Doki Yuichiro, Iishi Hiroyasu, Kudo Masatoshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the West, the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the cardia or esophagogastric junction (EGJ) is increasing. This carcinoma is variously defined, however, and it contains heterogeneous tumors. In Japan, the frequency of this carcinoma is low, and little is known about it. We studied sm...
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