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p53 Protein accumulation, cancer multiplicity, and aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 genotype in Japanese alcoholic men with early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Cancer letters - 18 Mar 2007
Yokoyama Akira, Omori Tai, Tanaka Yoichi, Yokoyama Tetsuji, Sugiura Hitoshi, Mizukami Takeshi, Matsushita Sachio, Higuchi Susumu, Maruyama Katsuya, Ishii Hiromasa, Hibi Toshifumi
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Synchronous multiple intra-esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) or oropharyngolaryngeal SCCs are common in alcoholics with esophageal SCC, and more frequently found in those with inactive heterozygous aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2). p53 alterations have been suspected as key molecular eve...
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