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Molecular basis of esophageal cancer development and progression.
The Surgical clinics of North America - 1 Oct 2012
Denlinger Chadrick E, Thompson Robert K
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This article discusses the molecular basis of esophageal cancer development and subsequent progression of disease. Differing epidemiologic factors are associated with esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. These 2 different histologic types have differing putative underlying mechanisms of transdifferentiation from normal esophageal mucosa to malignant histologies via gene dysregulation,...
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