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Natural selection in neoplastic progression of Barrett's esophagus.
Seminars in cancer biology - 1 Dec 2005
Maley Carlo C, Reid Brian J
Abstract excerpt
Neoplasms progress to cancer through a process of natural selection. The rate of evolution, and thus progression is determined by three parameters: mutation rate, population size of the evolving neoplastic cells, and intensity of selection or rate of clonal expansion. All three parameters are reviewed in the context of Barrett's esophagus, a pre-malignant neoplasm. Although Barrett's esophagus is an ideal model...
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