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Genetic predisposition to gastro-oesophageal cancer.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Jun 2010
Lao-Sirieix Pierre, Caldas Carlos, Fitzgerald Rebecca C
Abstract excerpt
Gastro-oesophageal cancers were ranked as the second cause of death from cancer worldwide despite a steady decrease in incidence for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oesophagus and distal gastric cancers. Adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus (OAC) is the tumour whose incidence has seen the highest increase in the past 30 years. Most of these cancers are strongly associated with environmental and life style risk...
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