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[Risk factors for esophageal cancer, and possible genetic background].
Orvosi hetilap - 1 Mar 2009
Hagymási Krisztina, Tulassay Zsolt
Abstract excerpt
Esophageal cancer is the sixth most common cancer mortality, with increasing incidence. 95% of the esophageal cancer is squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma. Although they differ in histology and epidemiology, some of their risk factors (smoking, dietary factors) and their pathogenesis are the same. More than 90% of esophageal cancer is diagnosed in late stage. Despite the development of diagnostic and...
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