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Gastroesophageal reflux leads to esophageal cancer in a surgical model with mice.
BMC gastroenterology - 23 Jul 2009
Hao Jing, Liu Ba, Yang Chung S, Chen Xiaoxin
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BACKGROUND: Esophago-gastroduodenal anastomosis with rats mimics the development of human Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma by introducing mixed reflux of gastric and duodenal contents into the esophagus. However, use of this rat model for mechanistic and chemopreventive studies i...
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