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Epstein‐Barr virus associated gastric carcinoma: Epidemiological and clinicopathological features
1 Feb 2008
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In this paper, the roles of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in gastric carcinogenesis are discussed, reviewing mainly epidemiological and clinicopathological studies. About 10% of gastric carcinomas harbor clonal EBV. LMP1, an important EBV oncoprotein, is only rarely expressed in EBV-associated gastric carcinoma (EBV-GC) while EBV-encoded small RNA is expressed in almost every EBV-GC cell, suggesting its importance for...
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