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Dedifferentiation Precedes Invasion in the Progression from Barrett's Metaplasia to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
1 Apr 2005
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PURPOSE: Adenocarcinoma arises in Barrett's esophagus by progression from metaplasia to cancer through grades of dysplasia. Our aim in this exploratory study was to characterize the broad changes in gene expression that underlie this histologic progression to cancer and assess the potential for using these gene expression changes as a marker predictive of malignant progression in Barrett's epithelium....
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