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Palmoplantar keratoderma is associated with esophagus squamous cell cancer in Van region of Turkey: a case control study.
BMC cancer - 28 Jul 2005
Ilhan Mahmut, Erbaydar Tugrul, Akdeniz Necmettin, Arslan Sevket
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BACKGROUND: Esophagus squamous cell cancer (ESCC) is the most common cancer in women with 20.2% and second in men with 10.7% relative frequency among all cancer cases diagnosed in Van Region in the east of Turkey. Ninety percent of all esophageal cancer cases are ESCC and 20-30% of them have family history of esophageal cancer. The most clear defined hereditary predisposition associated with ESCC is palmoplantar...
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