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Lessons from an aggressive cancer: evolutionary dynamics in esophageal carcinoma.
Cancer research - 1 Jul 2009
Klein Christoph A, Stoecklein Nikolas H
Abstract excerpt
Rapid progression to metastatic disease and an intrinsic resistance to any type of systemic therapy are hallmarks of aggressive solid cancers. The molecular basis for this phenotype is not clear. A detailed study of the somatic progression from local to early systemic esophageal cancer revealed rapid diversification of cancer cells isolated from various sites, but also evidence for early clonal expansion. These...
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