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Assessment of mutational load in biopsy tissue provides additional information about genomic instability to histological classifications of Barrett's esophagus.
Journal of gastrointestinal cancer - 1 Jun 2014
Khara Harshit S, Jackson Sara A, Nair Saraswathi, Deftereos Georgios, Patel Shweta, Silverman Jan F, Ellsworth Eric, Sumner Cameron, Corcoran Brendan, Smith Dennis M, Finkelstein Sydney, Gross Seth A
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PURPOSE: Progression of Barrett's esophagus (BE) to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is associated with accumulated genomic instability. Current risk stratification of BE for EAC relies on histological classification and grade of dysplasia. However, histology alone cannot assess the risk of patients with inconsistent or non-dysplastic BE histology. We, therefore, examined the presence and extent of genomic...
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