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Preemptive surgery for premalignant foregut lesions.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract - 1 Oct 2009
Sharma Rohit R, London Mark J, Magenta Laura L, Posner Mitchell C, Roggin Kevin K
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INTRODUCTION: Preemptive surgery is the prophylactic removal of an organ at high risk for malignant transformation or the resection of a precancerous or "early" malignant neoplasm in an individual with a hereditary predisposition to cancer. Recent advances in molecular diagnostic techniques have improved our understanding of the biologic behavior of these conditions. Predictive testing is an emerging field that...
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