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Human papillomavirus in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma of the high-risk Kazakh ethnic group in Xinjiang, China.
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology - 1 Jul 2008
Lu X M, Monnier-Benoit S, Mo L Z, Xu S Y, Prétet J L, Liu Z, Vuitton D A, Mougin C
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To investigate human papillomavirus (HPV) genotype-specific prevalence in the high-risk Kazakh ethnic group with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS: Sixty-seven Kazakh patients with primary ESCC were studied. From each patient, two tissue samples were collected: one sample of the tumor and one sample of normal esophageal tissue from an area away from the tumor. Tissues were analyzed by...
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